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Baseless Clinton Conspiracy Theory Still Circulating

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A Macedonian website is peddling a baseless Hillary Clinton conspiracy theory that has amassed tens of thousands of shares on Facebook. The story implies that Clinton was involved in the deaths of two Baltimore-area law enforcement officers, and makes the unfounded claim that they were scheduled to testify against her.


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Macedonian websites that published misinformation critical of Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election are still doing it in 2019 — and she’s not even among the Democrats running for president in 2020.

A website called Best Daily News, which is to an owner in Macedonia, a story on Nov. 5 with a headline claiming:

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