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Cleared but no clean bill of health: Email issue to linger for Hillary Clinton until election day

For months, Hillary Clinton’s foes — Republican and Democrat alike — hanged their hopes on the prospect she would be indicted for using an unsecured home server to handle her emails as secretary of State. The threat was cited by backers of Donald Trump as a response to his myriad stumbles; however...

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