Howard Dean Figures There Are Two Culprits Behind Clinton Email Scandal — and Neither One Is Named Hillary

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean pointed at two entities as responsible for the email scandal dogging Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

“Look, this is, in fact, manufactured partly by a press that’s bored and partly by the Republicans," Dean told Chuck Todd on Sunday's "Meet the Press."

Dean, himself a former presidential candidate, added that Clinton didn't break any rules or policies and that emails that passed through her private server are now being labeled classified as the investigation continues.

"She can't be blamed for this," Dean added. "So I look at this as the usual press frenzy, the pack journalism, and I think it'll go away because there's no substance to it."

In an op-ed for Politico late last year, Dean threw his support behind the former secretary of state, who hadn't yet declared her 2016 candidacy: "Hillary Clinton is by far the most qualified person in the United States to serve as president. If she runs, I will support her."

(H/T: Mediaite)

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