Conservatives to Target Clinton Aides After Last E-Mail Drop [View all]

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Source: Bloomberg

February 29, 2016 — 6:22 PM EST

The State Department released the final batch of e-mails Hillary Clinton kept on a private server while secretary of state, ending months of piecemeal disclosure that has frustrated the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign and subjected it to criticism from both sides of the aisle.

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The release ends one probe into the Democratic front-runner’s time as the nation’s top diplomat as other efforts to uncover wrongdoing are just beginning. Conservatives, who have spent months or even years investigating Clinton, as they did under her husband’s presidency, are now targeting her small circle of aides.

Using federal disclosure laws and the power of congressional inquiry, critics are setting sights on aides like Huma Abedin and onetime chief of staff Cheryl Mills, who have worked for Clinton for years and now serve in a key roles, and even daughter Chelsea Clinton. The focus may lead to evidence becoming public as the presidential race heats up, potentially landing the parties in court or stoking congressional probes, the critics say.

Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Clinton, called the myriad investigations into former aides and campaign officials “nothing more than fishing expeditions by right-wing groups that have devoted themselves to attacking the Clintons for decades.”

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