CNN's Borger: Clinton Knew Her Server Was Wrong, Tried to Conceal It, 'Clinton Plays By a Different Set of Rules'

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger said that emails released by WikiLeaks back up the argument that Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knew her email setup was wrong and tried to conceal it, and that pointing this out is “like saying, oh, there’s gambling gong on here in Casablanca. Sure, of course Hillary Clinton plays by a different set of rules.”

Host Anderson Cooper stated of the emails “It does seem reinforce the narrative the Republicans have been re-iterating for months, that Hillary Clinton knew her email server was wrong, and when she got caught, her aides, — when she got caught, she tried to conceal it. Her aides wanted to conceal it.”

Borger responded, “It sure does, and it is a bad story line for her. It continues.” She added that the story hasn’t “moved the needle” politically, possibly because it’s “like saying, oh, there’s gambling gong on here in Casablanca. Sure, of course Hillary Clinton plays by a different set of rules. And the people who aren’t going vote for her because of the emails have already decided to dismiss it.”

Borger added that Clinton “doesn’t have the greatest political instincts. She’s a policy person, less than a political person. I think if it were up to Hillary, there’d be more secrecy than maybe someone like John Podesta would like.”

(h/t GOP War Room)

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