Why the Clintons always escape the axe

If you've seen one Clinton scandal, you've seen them all

Just the Clintons doing what they do best.
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Were you surprised by the way the investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails ended? If so, you either did not live through the 1990s or have mercifully suppressed the memories.

The probe into the private email server the presumptive Democratic nominee used back when she was secretary of state had all the makings of a vintage Clinton scandal from that bygone era of Spice Girls CDs.

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.