In a civil court filing, the PCJF lawyers described the scene: "As Secretary Clinton was reading from her prepared remarks regarding Egypt's dictatorship [and] saying, 'Then the government pulled the plug,' the then-71-year-old McGovern was forcibly and falsely arrested by GWU police officers, grabbed by the head, assaulted, and as Secretary Clinton continued undisturbed stating, 'the government ... did not want the world to watch,' Mr. McGovern was removed from public view with excessive and brutal force, taken to jail, and left bleeding with bruises and contusions."
In a press release about Clinton's emails on Thursday, McGovern's attorneys said they had sought State Department emails related to McGovern's arrest but had not received Clinton's email exchange with Blumenthal. Those emails surfaced in connection with congressional inquiries about Clinton conducting State Department business using a private server outside U.S. government control.
Based on the new disclosures, it was clear Clinton knew a great deal about the incident from Blumenthal, including receiving photos of McGovern's injuries.
Blumenthal suggested that Clinton "have someone apologize to Ray McGovern," but referred to the incident and McGovern in condescending terms, noting that McGovern's mistreatment has "become a minor cause celebre on the Internet among lefties." As for McGovern, Blumenthal said the former CIA analyst who was a presidential briefer to George H.W. Bush has "become a Christian antiwar leftist who goes around bearing witness. Whatever his views, he's harmless."
Clinton responded, "I appreciate your sending thgis [sic] to me. Neither State nor my staff had anything to do w this. The man stood up just as I was starting and GW -- which claims their quick actions were part of their standard operating procedures to remove anyone who stands up and starts speaking while an invited guest is talking -- moved to remove him. GW claims he was not in any way injured."
However, McGovern was not speaking, simply standing quietly until he was attacked by the police. As for Clinton, no apology was forthcoming, nor any further explanation of why she failed to stop police from roughing up a peaceful protester in her presence.
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