Hillary Clinton says she has 'absolutely no concerns' about her email controversy


The flap about Hillary Clinton's private email server she used as secretary of state seems to be dragging her down in the polls, Chuck Todd said at Thursday's Democratic debate in New Hampshire. Is she worried about the lingering controversy and whether it could "blow up" her candidacy"? Clinton compared the scandal to the GOP attacks against her over Benghazi, noting that former Secretary of State Colin Powell and aides to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also reportedly received emails with information retroactively classified as secret. Politically, "I have absolutely no concerns about it whatsoever," Clinton said. Todd noted that the FBI is looking into the emails, but Clinton said she is 100 percent certain that the investigation won't lead anywhere and the American people will view the brouhaha as the "absurdity" she and Colin Powell say it is.
Todd turned to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), noting that in an earlier debate he said he didn't give a damn about the emails. "There's a process underway," Sanders said, and "I will not politicize" the issue. "Not a day goes by when I am not asked about" Clinton's emails, he added, and he will continue to refrain from politicizing it.
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