President Trump Claims Without Evidence That China Hacked Clinton Email Server

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President Donald Trump tweeted that China was behind a hack of Hillary Clinton's emails, in an apparent reference to an article published by the conservative Daily Caller website. China denied the allegation. "Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc.), their credibility will be forever gone!" the President tweeted. The article, by reporter Richard Pollack, cites two anonymous sources and says a Chinese-owned company based outside of Washington (DC) "hacked Hillary Clinton's private server throughout her term as secretary of state and obtained nearly all her emails." President Trump tweeted a few hours earlier in another apparent reference to the story. "Report just out: 'China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.' Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!"


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