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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Damage Control

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2016

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This week, Hillary Clinton came under attack by the conservative group Judicial Watch, the press, and Trump for giving special favors, as Secretary of State, to Clinton Foundation donors. John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the newest accusations of impropriety and how Hillary’s campaign is fighting back.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, August 25th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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This has been the worst few weeks thus far for Hillary Clinton's campaign, as attention has

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swiveled from Donald Trump to a series of charges about conflicts of interest during her

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time as Secretary of State.

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The conservative group Judicial Watch released more emails, ostensibly showing that donors

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to the Clinton Foundation receive special treatment. And an investigative piece by the AP made similar claims.

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So did Trump during a rally in Akron, Ohio.

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The Clintons made the State Department into the same kind of pay-for-play operation

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as the Arkansas government was.

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