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Hillary Clinton: I thought, why would somebody find what largely I think could be described as boring anodyne e-mails more significant…

On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
I thought, why would somebody find what largely I think could be described as boring anodyne e-mails more significant than words coming out of Trump's mouth.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton expresses her frustration over the media's focus on John Podesta's emails instead of Trump's controversial remarks.

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