Fox News' Bret Baier apologizes for saying Clinton would likely be indicted, claims it 'was a mistake'

Bret Baier.
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Fox News' Bret Baier issued an apology Friday after reporting earlier this week that FBI sources told him there would "likely" be "an indictment" in the Clinton Foundation and email investigations. "On the hacking of Clinton's private, unsecured server, while multiple sources believe and are operating under the working assumption that the server has been hacked, and some had specific quotes to that belief, there are, to this day, no digital fingerprints of such breaches," Baier clarified Friday.

Baier went on to apologize for the way he had presented the information:

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.