A spokesman for the U.S. Department of State broke out laughing at a Thursday press conference after introducing the event as an exercise in “transparency” and democracy.

The spokesman referred to some Department interns in the back row, then tried to choke out a formality but just couldn’t do it.

Breitbart News has extensively reported on the State Department’s efforts to stonewall all of the various investigations into Hillary Clinton’s private email server and Benghazi.