Trump: Fire State official for ‘blatant quid pro quo’

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Donald Trump’s campaign is calling on a top State Department official to resign after news surfaced that he and the FBI engaged in a conversation about an alleged quid pro quo for changing the classification level of Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Trump isn’t satisfied with vigorous denials from the FBI and the State Department, whose top spokesman Monday rejected calls from Congress to fire the State Department official in question, Patrick Kennedy, undersecretary for management.

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