GOP-Led House Panel Finds Former Clinton Aide Who Helped Set Up Email Server In Contempt

Bryan Pagliano, a former State Department employee who helped set up and maintain a private email server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, to give his d... Bryan Pagliano, a former State Department employee who helped set up and maintain a private email server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, to give his deposition to a House panel on the Benghazi investigation. Pagliano will assert his constitutional right not to testify before any congressional committees, his lawyer says. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-led House committee has voted to hold in contempt of Congress a former State Department employee who helped set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the contempt resolution on a 19-15 vote along party lines on Thursday. The resolution states that the computer specialist tasked with setting up Clinton’s server did not comply with two subpoenas ordering him to appear before the panel.

Bryan Pagliano’s attorneys said in a letter to the committee that the subpoenas revealed “a naked political agenda” to embarrass Pagliano by forcing him to assert his constitutional rights before the cameras just weeks before the presidential election.

Clinton is the former secretary of state now running as the Democratic nominee for president.

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  1.  Bryan Pagliano's attorneys said in a letter to the
    committee that the subpoenas revealed "a naked political
     agenda" to embarrass Pagliano by forcing him to assert
     his constitutional rights before the cameras just weeks 
             before the presidential election.
    

    . REALLY ? ? … Yea …

    They piled up the wood and set up the stake months ago –

  2. And that’s ALL the Republicans have. No policies, no alternatives to Democratic proposals, just personal attacks.

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