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“There is no case here,” Clinton said at a rally in Kent Ohio.Again…..

Hillary Clinton Breaks Her Silence On FBI Announcement

“… you may be asking what this new email story is …”

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton finally spoke out Monday about the FBI’s announcement Friday that it is revisiting the investigation into her use of a private email server when she was secretary of state because of newly discovered emails.

“There is no case here,” she said at a rally in Kent Ohio.

“I’m sure a lot of you may be asking what this new email story is about and why in the world the FBI would decide to jump into an election with no evidence of any wrongdoing with just days to go,” Clinton said to her supporters. “That’s a good question.”

The new emails emerged from the FBI’s investigation into allegations that former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) sent illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. Weiner is the estranged husband of longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and the two shared a computer.

 

 

Although Abedin served as Clinton’s deputy chief of staff in the State Department and is vice chairwoman of her presidential campaign, Clinton referred to her as “one of my staffers” Monday.

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“Now they apparently want to look at emails of one of my staffers, and by all means, they should look at them,” she said.

Clinton continued, “And I am sure they will reach the same conclusion they did when they looked at my emails for the last year. There is no case here.”

Her campaign released a video seeking to downplay the FBI announcement, and it quickly went viral, reaching more than 1.4 million views on Facebook.

Brian Fallon, Clinton’s press secretary, tried to persuade voters not to be swayed by the FBI announcement. “The more information that has come out, the more overblown this all seems,” he said. “You’re probably just as puzzled and outraged as we are.”

Clinton’s running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, attempted to put a positive spin on the FBI investigation.

“It has kind of revved up some enthusiasm, a little bit of righteous indignation and righteous anger. It’s revved it up a bit,” Kaine said Sunday in Michigan.

On Sunday, Republican nominee Donald Trump tried to make the most of the situation at an event in Las Vegas.

“Huma. They just found a lot of them. We never thought we were going to say thank you to Anthony Weiner,” he said.

John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman, has confirmed that there will be no changes to Abedin’s duties.

“She’s played a central and vital role in this campaign and she continues to do that,” he said.

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