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Re:House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's emai... by Judson on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:43PM (#12536365)
> Was it the case that they were just going to hand over the whole DB regardless

According to Wikipedia, they turned over 30,000 pieces of paper.

I'm amazed that it isn't a requirement that documents be turned over in an electronically searchable format in most legal scenarios.

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Re:House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's emai... by generj on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:25PM (#12536552)
It's a pretty common tactic, especially in discovery for civil cases. Law firms routinely pay people to type up printed documents so they can be keyword searched.

I agree it should be a matter of contempt of court when clearly used as a delaying tactic.

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