--- title: Clinton Emails: State Blames Blizzard for Extension Request description: The State Department blamed the blizzard in Washington, D.C. for the extra month needed to release the last batch of Hillary Clinton emails canonical: https://time.com/4191224/hillary-clinton-emails-blizzard-delay/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-22T22:19:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:22:58.360Z article:section: Politics og:title: State Blames Blizzard for Requested Delay in Clinton Emails og:description: The State Department requested a month-long extension for some of the emails og:url: https://time.com/4191224/hillary-clinton-emails-blizzard-delay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35714e9fa6972d/69887a4a0b72e386236e7c80/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, New Hampshire January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: State Blames Blizzard for Requested Delay in Clinton Emails twitter:description: The State Department requested a month-long extension for some of the emails twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35714e9fa6972d/69887a4a0b72e386236e7c80/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Blizzard Blamed for Delay in Hillary Clinton Email Release  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 22, 2016 10:19 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, N.H., on Jan. 22, 2016. Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, N.H., on Jan. 22, 2016.Faith Ninivaggi—Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 22, 2016 10:19 PM UTC The State Department said the [blizzard](http://time.com/4190045/blizzard-snowstorm-east-coast/?xid=homepage) currently blanketing Washington, D.C. is partly to blame for the extra month needed to release the final batch of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, [according to media reports](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-state-department-blizzard/index.html) citing a motion filed in court. “This storm will disrupt the Clinton email team’s current plans to work a significant number of hours throughout the upcoming weekend and could affect the number of emails that are required to be produced on January 29, 2016,” State Department lawyers wrote in the motion, [according to CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-state-department-blizzard/index.html). The filing, which requested a new release date of Feb. 29, also said more time was needed because of the complexity of the release process. The Feb. 29 release date would mean the last of Clinton’s emails were made public after the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire and South Carolina [primaries](http://time.com/4183753/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-3/). Clinton has been scrutinized[ throughout her campaign](http://time.com/4186530/hillary-clinton-emails-top-secret-intelligence/) over the revelation that she used a private email server as Secretary of State. The request comes days after officials reviewing the emails [found information considered to be more than “top secret.](http://time.com/4186530/hillary-clinton-emails-top-secret-intelligence/)” “The cause of this delay is not due to any ongoing discussion about classification that has been in the news as of late,” a State Department spokesman said,[ according to CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-state-department-blizzard/index.html). \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-state-department-blizzard/index.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4191224/hillary-clinton-emails-blizzard-delay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4191224/hillary-clinton-emails-blizzard-delay/"},"headline":"Blizzard Blamed for Delay in Hillary Clinton Email Release","datePublished":"2016-01-22T22:19:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:22:58.360Z","description":"The State Department requested a month-long extension for some of the emails","url":"https://time.com/4191224/hillary-clinton-emails-blizzard-delay/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35714e9fa6972d/69887a4a0b72e386236e7c80/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35714e9fa6972d/69887a4a0b72e386236e7c80/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, New Hampshire January 22, 2016. 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