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Hillary Clinton’s team pressured the New York Times into printing misleading corrections

By Becket Adams
Published April 17, 2018 6:14pm ET
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Hillary Clinton’s team pressured the New York Times into printing misleading corrections
Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Clinton leads Donald Trump by three percentage points among likely voters nationally, the latest sign that her campaign's painstaking focus on women, Latinos and blacks could help propel her to the White House. | (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

In July 2015, Hillary Clinton’s aides were out for blood.

The New York Times had just published an alarming report, originally titled “Criminal Inquiry Sought in Hillary Clinton’s Use of Email,” and the former secretary of state and her team were having none of it. They complained loudly, and the paper walked-back the story.

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