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‘A fool’s errand’: Trump is lashed out at by a former president for attacking his wife

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on Kash Patel’s accusatory corruption list. Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, called it a “fool’s errand” to target his wife.

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Bill Clinton sat down at The View. He was then asked by host Sunny Hostin regarding Patel’s list of corrupt “deep state” actors. Hostin questioned, “Do you think it would be wise of President Biden to preemptively pardon any targets? What about your wife, Hillary Clinton? She is apparently on Kash Patel’s list.”

Bill Clinton seemed unfazed by the threat and even cracked a smile. He had confidence that his wife didn’t do anything wrong. Additionally, he brought up the fact that Trump’s State Department investigated Hillary Clinton and found that she sent and received no classified emails on her personal devices. Bill Clinton added, “Trump, you know, most of us get out of this world ahead of where we’d get if all we got was simple justice. So, it’s normally a fool’s errand to try and get even.”

A conspiracy about ‘the deep state’

Kash Patel is Donald Trump’s choice for FBI director. Although current FBI director Christopher Wray is yet to finish his term, he predicts that he’d be pushed out by the incoming Trump administration. Following that line of thought, Wray decided that he would resign ahead of time. Patel is a total Trump loyalist who has promoted conspiracy theories and wrote pro-Trump propaganda through a children’s book.

Moreover, Patel infamously accused 60 people who he accused of being members of “the deep state.” In Patel’s view, “the deep state” is comprised of bureaucrats and politicians who were not held accountable for corruption and collusion with foreign entities. The list of people he accused of being part of the deep state could be found in his 2022 book, “Government Gangsters.” There are several Democrat politicians and bureaucrats named in the list, but notably, Hillary Clinton was included. Needless to say, Patel’s claims are unfounded conspiracy theories.


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Vanessa Esguerra (She/They) has been a Contributing Writer for The Mary Sue since 2023. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy, she (happily) rejected law school in 2021 and has been a full-time content writer since. Vanessa is currently taking her Master's degree in Japanese Studies in hopes of deepening her understanding of the country's media culture in relation to pop culture, women, and queer people like herself. She speaks three languages but still manages to get lost in the subways of Tokyo with her clunky Japanese. Fueled by iced coffee brewed from local cafés in Metro Manila, she also regularly covers anime and video games while queuing for her next match in League of Legends.