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Hillary Clinton Responds to News That the Trump Administration Is Ramping Up Investigation Into Her E-Mails
30 September 2019
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As impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump begin to ramp up, the State Department is dredging up its investigation into a subject that dominated the news during the 2016 election: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails.
An FBI investigation previously condemned Clinton's use of a private email server for State Department business during the Obama era, but assured that her activity wasn't criminal.
<p>Nevertheless, Trump—whose promises to imprison Clinton were a mainstay of his 2016 presidential campaign—has maintained that Clinton committed a crime by deleting 33,000 emails before turning the contents of her server over to the FBI. Now Trump is using the State Department to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-dept-intensifies-email-probe-of-hillary-clintons-former-aides/2019/09/28/9f15497e-e1f2-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html">deepen the probe</a> into the email saga.</p><p>Clinton, who recently announced her support for Trump's impeachment, called the President a "corrupt human tornado."</p><p></p><div id="7b7b9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CJ8GAE1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178679987769167872" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The president is a corrupt human tornado.</div> — Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton)<a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/statuses/1178679987769167872">1569854182.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>2020 Presidential candidate and Democratic Senator from California, Kamala Harris, defended Clinton on Twitter, assuring that she'd served her country loyally every step of the way.</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p></p><div id="83a0b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2K8KTZ1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178341672826146817" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Hillary Clinton served our country with distinction and always put our country first — something Trump knows nothin… https://t.co/NgQe417iLj</div> — Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris)<a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/statuses/1178341672826146817">1569773521.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Clinton thanked Harris on Twitter, responding with her version of a popular refrain amidst the chaos of Trump's presidency: "<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/butheremails?lang=en">But her emails</a>."</p><p></p><div id="a5f66" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QBKWOJ1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178680074356318208" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@KamalaHarris But my emails. (Thank you.)</div> — Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton)<a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/statuses/1178680074356318208">1569854203.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>People cheered for Clinton's masterful trolling.</p><p></p><div id="bbffd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MZ656G1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178702508082057216" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@HillaryClinton @KamalaHarris LOVE YOU Madam President (the LEGITIMATE one!!!)
XO 😘
💙 https://t.co/tRmF1f5Z9u</div> — Bobby Craig (@Bobby Craig)<a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyCr48838634/statuses/1178702508082057216">1569859551.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="9f6df" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QMS6RR1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178723665913008133" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@HillaryClinton @KamalaHarris This is tea</div> — Husbandologist (@Husbandologist)<a href="https://twitter.com/IdahoBones/statuses/1178723665913008133">1569864596.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="476dd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="RE9D1M1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178705660067762176" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@HillaryClinton @KamalaHarris Be still my heart!!!! Hillary talking to Kamala, Kamala talking UP Hillary on TWITTER… https://t.co/SOjGIJc06I</div> — Mary Reed (@Mary Reed)<a href="https://twitter.com/MaryAReed/statuses/1178705660067762176">1569860303.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="2d0d4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7MHJ7W1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178712125822423040" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@HillaryClinton @notcapnamerica @KamalaHarris Oh. My. God. https://t.co/nbkEIAM2yC</div> — #FeminismIsTheRealRevolution (@#FeminismIsTheRealRevolution)<a href="https://twitter.com/GabbieKDrice/statuses/1178712125822423040">1569861844.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="3f52d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PQ5BCJ1574872718"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1178725382205448192" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@HillaryClinton @KamalaHarris Love and respect you both!</div> — Mandatory Resistance (@Mandatory Resistance)<a href="https://twitter.com/antitrumpresist/statuses/1178725382205448192">1569865005.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes in 2016.</p><p>You can purchase her latest book, <em>Gutsy Women—</em>a children's book co-authored with her daughter Chelsea Clinton—<a href="https://amzn.to/2o0g6iE">here</a>.</p><p>-----</p><p><strong>Listen to the first season of George Takei's podcast, '<a href="https://anchor.fm/ohmyyypod"><em>Oh Myyy Pod!</em></a>'</strong> where we explore the racially charged videos that have taken the internet by storm.</p><p>Be sure to subscribe <em><strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/ohmyyypod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em> and never miss an episode.</p><p></p>
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