President Obama says Hillary Clinton is not 'above the law' in email probe
In President Obama's first Fox News interview in two years, he assured Chris Wallace that Hillary Clinton is not getting special treatment in the ongoing investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state.
"I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department, or the FBI, not just in this case, but in any case," Obama said on Fox News Sunday. "Nobody is above the law. How many times do I have to say it?"
In the wide-ranging interview, Obama also called defeating the Islamic State his "No. 1 priority."
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"And in the meantime, just as we did in Boston, after the marathon bombing, we're going to go to a ballgame. And do all the other things that make our life worthwhile," he said. "That's the message of resilience. That we don't panic, that we don't fear."
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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