NBC and CBS Parse E-Mail Scandal: Hillary Not in ‘Legal Jeopardy’

Kyle Drennen | September 1, 2015
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With the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal ongoing, on Tuesday, NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning assured viewers that the Democratic front-runner was in no “legal jeopardy.”

On Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie asked Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd: “I mean, the central accusation, what people are worried about, is did she mishandle classified information?...is there a smoking gun on that issue?” Todd replied: “No, there's not. There is not the whole ‘knowingly,’ and remember, ‘knowingly’ is the key word here. Whether she knowingly passed around classified information in an unclassified setting. There is no evidence to suggest that, that story doesn't hold up.”

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