HILLARY CLINTON has been on a high since the party conventions in July. While Donald Trump continued the slump that began at his own shambolic convention, the Democratic nominee has risen to the top of almost every national and swing-state poll. But Mrs Clinton is too flawed a candidate to enjoy an easy ride to the White House for long: 60% of Americans think she is untrustworthy. She was bound to stumble; equally predictably, this has been precipitated by the undying scandal over her e-mail habits as secretary of state.
On August 22nd, it was revealed that the FBI had collected 15,000 more pages of e-mails in its investigation into Mrs Clinton’s use of a private server for work-related e-mails. They are in addition to the 30,000-odd pages she had already handed over to the FBI in 2014. In July the agency concluded she had been “extremely careless” in her use of a private server but should not be charged with any offence. It has said it doesn’t believe the new batch, which it found in various computer archives and on Mrs Clinton’s server, had been “intentionally deleted”. But this will not save the Democratic nominee a deal...Continue reading
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