FEC closes case on 'coordinated attempt' to steal Black Americans' votes for Hillary Clinton to help Trump

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FEC closes case on 'coordinated attempt' to steal Black Americans' votes for Hillary Clinton to help Trump

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has quietly closed the file on a five-year old election fraud case, confirming a "coordinated attempt" by an international 4chan-based group that set up a website masquerading as an official Hillary Clinton campaign site that targeted Black Americans to try to g...

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