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Document Dump Friday: Clinton Archives, Bridgegate 911 Calls

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GETTY 22814 BillClinton?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1393598247459Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The National Archives on Friday is releasing 4,000 to 5,000 pages of previously withheld documents from the Clinton presidency that may include communications between then-President Bill Clinton, his advisers and first lady Hillary Clinton.

This is just the first wave in a large cache of documents, totaling some 33,000 pages, which will be released over the next two weeks.

The records were withheld from Freedom of Information Act requests for the first 12 years after Clinton left office because they were exempt from disclosure based on restrictions under the Presidential Records Act.

Those restrictions expired last year and representatives from Clinton and President Obama have since been approved the majority of the withheld documents for release.

Friday morning also marks the release of several dozen hours of 911 calls from the town of Fort Lee, N.J., from residents impacted by the George Washington Bridge closures in September.

It comes a day after documents showed former aides to Gov. Chris Christie joked about a rabbi being caught-up in the traffic in the city.

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