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FBI Reopens Clinton Email Investigation

More emails, more problems

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The FBI is reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server that she used while serving as secretary of state.

Wait, Give me some background.

The Clinton Foundation is a non-profit that was founded by the Clinton’s almost 20 years ago. The goal was to tackle small global issues like HIV/AIDS and gender equality. Problem is the Clintons have gotten a lot of side-eye for seeming to get too cozy with the foundation’s donors. Earlier this year, emails came out that showed donors asking Hillary for favors when she was Sec. of State. (Think getting visas, and personal meetings. Not good).

Okay, so what happened to bring this back up?

WikiLeaks released a memo from 2011 that showed that for years, Bill Clinton’s aide had pressured Clinton Foundation donors into hiring Bill for things like speaking events; even while Hillary was Secretary of State. Great for Bill’s wallet, not great for Hillary’s reputation with voters, who are still working through a lot of trust issues with her and the potential First Gentleman.

Where did the emails come from?

Unclear. However, U.S. officials say they’re pretty, pretty, pretty sure they have the Russian gov’s fingerprints all over them. This comes after the Democratic party was hacked earlier this year by groups thought to have ties to the Russian gov. Team Clinton says Russia’s doing this to give a leg up to GOP nominee Donald Trump, who’s given propsto Russian President Putin in the past. Trump says ‘not the case.’

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