NBC Leads With Clinton Staffer Taking 5th on E-Mails; ABC, CBS Give Seconds

Kyle Drennen | September 3, 2015
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On Thursday, NBC’s Today led with breaking news that Hillary Clinton staffer Bryan Pagliano would invoke the Fifth Amendment and not testify to the House Benghazi Committee about setting up the former Secretary of State’s private e-mail server. At the top of the show, co-host Savannah Guthrie wondered: “Is there something to hide? And what does it mean for the Clinton campaign?”

Moments later, Guthrie remarked: “And once again, Hillary Clinton’s e-mail woes top our news.” Correspondent Kristen Welker proclaimed: “This is yet another blow to the Clinton campaign....The IT specialist worked for Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign and also at the State Department, setting up her e-mail in 2009. His lawyer telling NBC Pagliano would not answer questions, asserting his constitutional right against self-incrimination.”

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