The State Department has suspended its review of Hillary Clinton emails

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The State Department suspended its internal review of Hillary Clinton's emails at the request of the FBI, Reuters reports a spokeswoman said Friday.

"The FBI communicated to us that we should follow our standard practice, which is to put our internal review on hold while there is an ongoing law enforcement investigation," Elizabeth Trudeau said.

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Julie Kliegman

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.