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Headlines Twist Old Report on State Department

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A false story spread across social media wrongly claims that NBC News reported that Hillary Clinton “covered up” a “pedophile ring” at the Department of State. The report is from 2013 and did not say that.


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It’s been more than two years since Hillary Clinton the 2016 presidential election, and more than six since she her post as U.S. secretary of

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