Perjury charges ‘possible' for Hilary Clinton after explosive Russiagate hoax revelations
Soros' operatives, Open Society Senior Vice President Leonard Benardo, held confidential conversations with the Democratic National Committee and Hilary Clinton's campaign team, to push the false Russian collusion narrative to smear US President Donald Trump.
'Hilary Clinton had 33,000 emails for high-security state department official duties on a private server,' Mr Hammer told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'Some perjury charges are definitely within the realm of possibility there.'
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