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   From: multiple.felonies@hillaryclinton.com   
      
   The polls may look great right now for Hillary Clinton, but a   
   deepening criminal investigation into her use of a private e-   
   mail system while she was secretary of state underscores how   
   fragile her lead really is.   
      
   On Thursday, Fox News reported that multiple intelligence   
   sources claim the FBI has broadened its probe into the former   
   secretary of state’s potentially negligent handling of   
   classified information. The nation’s top law-enforcement agency   
   is now also investigating whether Clinton or her surrogates made   
   “materially false” statements to federal officials regarding her   
   private e-mail system. Those statements, or any evidence that   
   Clinton pressured a third party as part of a cover-up, would   
   constitute felony violations of U.S. Code Title 18, Section   
   1001. Each violation carries a five-year prison sentence. Two   
   U.S. officials also told Fox News that the FBI has opened its   
   own review aimed at determining the classification level of   
   information retained on Clinton’s private server. For months,   
   intelligence analysts and State Department officials have been   
   locked in disagreements over whether several of the server’s e-   
   mails contain classified material, including “Top Secret”   
   information. The FBI’s decision would essentially cut the State   
   Department out of those discussions.   
      
   The revelation of an expanded FBI investigation comes on the   
   heels of a Tuesday Politico story, which alleges that the FBI’s   
   examination of Clinton’s retention of classified e-mails on an   
   unsecured server has evolved from a preliminary inquiry into a   
   “full-blown investigation.” The revelations illustrate the   
   Clinton campaign’s continued vulnerability despite its recent   
   polling surge. Ever since her top rival for the nomination,   
   Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, refused to press her on the e-   
   mail issue in last month’s Democratic debate, Clinton has seemed   
   eager to put the controversy to bed for good. But a McClatchy-   
   Marist poll released today shows that 68 percent of likely   
   voters believe Clinton’s use of a private server remains a major   
   campaign issue. 28 percent say she acted illegally, while an   
   additional 40 percent say her behavior was unethical — including   
   40 percent of Democrats. Just 27 percent think she did nothing   
   wrong.   
      
   http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426970/hillary-clinton-   
   emails-fbi-investigation-widens   
             
      
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