2016 United States presidential election

=== Controversies ===
Both Clinton and Trump were seen unfavorably by the general public, and their controversial reputations set the tone of the campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president/clintontrumpfavorability.html |title=RealClearPolitics—Clinton & Trump: Favorability Ratings |website=[[Real Clear Politics]]|access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Donald Trump with supporters (30354747180).jpg|thumb|Trump campaigns in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], October 29, 2016]]

Clinton's practice during her time as Secretary of State of [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|using a private email address and server]], in lieu of State Department servers, gained widespread public attention back in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/politics/using-private-email-hillary-clinton-thwarted-record-requests.html |title=Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Chozick |first2=Amy |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Concerns were raised about security and preservation of emails, and the possibility that laws may have been violated.<ref name="wapo-email">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-department-reviewing-whether-clinton-e-mail-violated-security-rules/2015/03/05/16d1547e-c378-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html |title=Clinton e-mail review could find security issues |last1=Leonnig |first1=Carol D. |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |last3=Gearan |first3=Anne |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> After allegations were raised that some of the emails in question fell into this so-called "born classified" category, an FBI probe was initiated regarding how classified information was handled on the Clinton server.<ref name="Dilanian Feb 4">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/clinton-emails-held-indirect-references-undercover-cia-officers-n510741 |title=Clinton Emails Held Indirect References to Undercover CIA Officers |first=Ken |last=Dilanian |work=[[NBC News]] |date=February 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name=NYT8815>{{cite news |first1=Scott |last1=Shane |first2=Michael S. |last2=Schmidt |title=Hillary Clinton Emails Take Long Path to Controversy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/us/hillary-clinton-emails-take-long-path-to-controversy.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Douglas |last=Cox |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/27/opinions/cox-clinton-email-controversy/ |title=Hillary Clinton email controversy: How serious is it? |date=July 27, 2015 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/04/how-did-top-secret-emails-end-up-on-hillary-clintons-server/ |title=How did 'top secret' emails end up on Hillary Clinton's server? |date=February 4, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
The FBI probe was concluded on July 5, 2016, with a recommendation of no charges, a recommendation that was followed by the Justice Department.

Also, on September 9, 2016, Clinton said: "You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the [[basket of deplorables]]. They're racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic—you name it."<ref name=npr-20160910>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton's 'Basket Of Deplorables,' In Full Context Of This Ugly Campaign |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/10/493427601/hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables-in-full-context-of-this-ugly-campaign |work=[[National Public Radio|NPR]] |first=Domenico |last=Montanaro |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=The remarks also remind of inflammatory remarks in recent presidential elections on both sides—from Barack Obama's assertion in 2008 that people in small towns are "bitter" and "cling to guns or religion," to Mitt Romney's 2012 statement that 47 percent of Americans vote for Democrats because they are "dependent upon government" and believe they are "victims," to his vice presidential pick Paul Ryan's comment that the country is divided between "makers and takers."}}</ref>
Donald Trump criticized her remark as insulting his supporters.<ref name=bloomberg-20160910>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-10/clinton-calls-trumps-supporters-basket-of-deplorables |title=Clinton Calls Some Trump Supporters 'Basket of Deplorables' |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |first=Jennifer |last=Epstein |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=Republican pollster Frank Luntz described Clinton's comments as her "47 percent moment," a reference to Republican Mitt Romney's remarks at a private fundraiser in the 2012 campaign.}}</ref><ref name=nyt-20160910>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton Calls Many Trump Backers 'Deplorables,' and GOP Pounces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Amy |last=Chozick |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=Prof. [[Jennifer Mercieca]], an expert in American political discourse at Texas A&M University, said in an email that the "deplorable" comment "sounds bad on the face of it" and compared it to Mr. Romney's 47 percent gaffe. "The comment demonstrates that she (like Romney) lacks empathy for that group," Professor Mercieca said.}}</ref> The following day Clinton expressed regret for saying "half", while insisting that Trump had deplorably amplified "hateful views and voices."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hillary Clinton Says She Regrets Part of Her 'Deplorables' Comment |url=http://time.com/4486601/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables-half/ |magazine=Time |first=Katie |last=Reilly |date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> Previously on August 25, 2016, Clinton gave a speech criticizing Trump's campaign for using "racist lies" and allowing the [[alt-right]] to gain prominence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-speech.html |title=Hillary Clinton Says 'Radical Fringe' Is Taking Over G.O.P. Under Donald Trump |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Matt |last=Flegenheimer |date=August 25, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Hillary Clinton Raleigh (29892054003).jpg|thumb|left|Clinton campaigns in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], October 22, 2016]]

On September 11, 2016, Clinton left a 9/11 memorial event early due to illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/11/politics/hillary-clinton-health-2016-election/index.html|title=Hillary Clinton stumbles—will her campaign follow?|author=Stephen Collinson|website=[[CNN]]|date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> Video footage of Clinton's departure showed Clinton becoming unsteady on her feet and being helped into a van.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-has-pneumonia-doctor-says-228012|title=Press rips Clinton campaign's handling of health incident|first=Gabriel|last=Debenedetti|website=[[Politico]]|date=September 11, 2016 }}</ref> Later that evening, Clinton reassured reporters that she was "feeling great."<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-ceremony-idUSKCN11H0JM|title=Suffering from pneumonia, Clinton falls ill at 9/11 memorial,{{nbsp}}...|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=September 12, 2016|via=www.reuters.com|last1=Becker|first1=Amanda}}</ref> After initially stating that Clinton had become overheated at the event, her campaign later added that she had been diagnosed with [[pneumonia]] two days earlier.<ref name="auto1"/> The media criticized the Clinton campaign for a lack of transparency regarding Clinton's illness.<ref name="auto1"/> Clinton cancelled a planned trip to California due to her illness. The episode drew renewed public attention to questions about Clinton's health.<ref name="auto"/>

On the other side, on October 7, 2016, [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|video and accompanying audio]] were released by ''The Washington Post'' in which Trump referred obscenely to women in a 2005 conversation with [[Billy Bush]] while they were preparing to film an episode of ''[[Access Hollywood]]''. In the recording, Trump described his attempts to initiate a sexual relationship with a married woman and added that women would allow male celebrities to grope their genitalia (Trump used the phrase "grab 'em by the pussy"). The audio was met with a reaction of disbelief and disgust from the media.<ref>Cassidy, John, ''[https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/a-sexual-predator-in-the-republican-partys-midst A Sexual Predator in the Republican Party's Midst]'', The New Yorker, October 8, 2016.</ref><ref name="wp-lewd-conversation">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html |title=Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-07/2005-video-shows-donald-trump-saying-lewd-things-about-women |title=2005 Video Shows Donald Trump Saying Lewd Things About Women |access-date=October 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008100545/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-07/2005-video-shows-donald-trump-saying-lewd-things-about-women |archive-date=October 8, 2016 }}</ref> Following the revelation, Trump's campaign issued an apology, stating that the video was of a private conversation from "many years ago."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116 |title=Trump on hot mic: 'When you're a star{{nbsp}}... You can do anything' to women |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=October 7, 2016}}</ref> The incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans like [[Reince Priebus]], [[Mitt Romney]], [[John Kasich]], [[Jeb Bush]]<ref name="BIHarrington">{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Rebecca |title=RNC Chair Reince Priebus condemns Trump for obscene comments about women in 2005 video |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/reince-priebus-statement-trump-2005-video-women-2016-10 |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> and the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Paul Ryan]].<ref name=Lee>{{cite web |url=https://latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-trailguide-paul-ryan-disinvites-trump-to-campaign-1475889847-htmlstory.html |title=Speaker Paul Ryan disinvites Trump to his campaign event, says he's 'sickened' by tape |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |author=Lee, Kurtis}}</ref> Many believed the video had doomed Trump's chances for election. By October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let Pence and [[Condoleezza Rice]] head the ticket.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/07/the-gops-brutal-responses-to-the-new-trump-video-broken-down/ |title=Here's the fast-growing list of Republicans calling for Donald Trump to drop out |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date=October 8, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Trump insisted he would never drop out, but apologized for his remarks.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news |last1=Costa |first1=Robert |title=Amid growing calls to drop out, Trump vows to 'never withdraw' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-growing-calls-to-drop-out-trump-vows-to-never-withdraw/2016/10/08/8c0b5b7a-8d68-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html |access-date=October 8, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/08/trump-i-said-it-i-was-wrong-and-i-apologize|title=Trump: 'I Said It, I Was Wrong, And I Apologize.'|first=Olivia|last=Nuzzi|date=October 8, 2016|website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref>

Donald Trump also delivered strong and controversial statements towards Muslims and Islam on the campaign trail, saying, "I think Islam hates us."<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Jenna |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/20/i-think-islam-hates-us-a-timeline-of-trumps-comments-about-islam-and-muslims/ |title='I think Islam hates us': A timeline of Trump's comments about Islam and Muslims |date=May 20, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 3, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He was criticized and also supported for his statement at a rally declaring, "Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration/index.html |title=Donald Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S. |first=Jeremy |last=Diamond |date=December 7, 2015 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref> Additionally, Trump announced that he would "look into" surveilling mosques, and mentioned potentially going after the families of [[Domestic terrorism in the United States|domestic terrorists]] in the wake of the [[2015 San Bernardino attack|San Bernardino shooting]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Jenna |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-anti-muslim-rhetoric-plays-well-with-fans-but-horrifies-others/2016/02/29/477f73dc-de37-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html |title=Trump's rhetoric on Muslims plays well with fans, but horrifies others |date=February 29, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 3, 2020 }}</ref> His strong rhetoric towards Muslims resulted in leadership from both parties condemning his statements. However, many of his supporters shared their support for his proposed [[Trump travel ban|travel ban]], despite the backlash.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Throughout the campaign, Trump indicated in interviews, speeches, and [[Donald Trump on Twitter|Twitter posts]] that he would refuse to recognize the outcome of the election if he was defeated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Golshan|first=Tara|date=2016-10-17|title=Donald Trump is going on a furious Twitter tirade about the "rigged" election|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/17/13304574/donald-trump-twitter-tirade-rigged-election|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[Vox (website) | Vox]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sanders|first=Sam|date=2016-10-20|title=Donald Trump Says He'll Accept The Results Of The Election ... If He Wins|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498713509/donald-trump-says-hell-accept-the-results-of-the-election-if-he-wins|access-date=2021-06-18|newspaper=[[NPR]]|language=en}}</ref> Trump falsely stated that the election would be [[Electoral fraud|rigged]] against him.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-10-17|title=US election 2016: Trump says election 'rigged at polling places'|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37673797|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Samuelsohn|first=Darren|date=2016-10-25|title=A guide to Donald Trump's 'rigged' election|url=https://politi.co/2Or7fyd|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref> During the final [[2016 United States presidential debates|presidential debate]] of 2016, Trump refused to tell [[Fox News]] anchor [[Chris Wallace]] whether or not he would accept the election results.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Rafferty|first1=Andrew|last2=Taintor|first2=David|date=2016-10-19|title=Trump Won't Say He'll Accept Election Results: 'I Will Keep You In Suspense'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-won-t-say-he-ll-accept-election-results-i-n669801|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[NBC News]]|language=en}}</ref> The rejection of election results by a major nominee would have been unprecedented at the time as no major presidential candidate had ever refused to accept the outcome of an election until Trump did so himself in the following [[2020 United States presidential election#Trump's refusal to concede|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carroll|first=Lauren|date=2016-10-25|title=Is Trump the first-ever candidate not to say he'll accept election results?|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/25/hillary-clinton/trump-first-ever-candidate-not-say-hell-accept-ele/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[PolitiFact]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Melber|first=Ari|date=2016-11-08|title=What Happens if Trump Loses and Won't Concede?|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/what-happens-if-donald-trump-loses-won-t-concede-n679481|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[NBC News]]|language=en}}</ref>

The ongoing controversy of the election made third parties attract voters' attention. On March 3, 2016, Libertarian Gary Johnson addressed the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in Washington, DC, touting himself as the third-party option for anti-Trump Republicans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4788104425001/gary-johnson-third-party-is-going-to-be-the-libertarian-party/#sp=show-clips |title=Gary Johnson: Third party is going to be the Libertarian Party |publisher=[[Fox Business]] |access-date=April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SarlinAntiTrump">Benjy Sarlin, [https://msnbc.com/msnbc/anti-trump-forces-have-few-options-third-party-alternative Anti-Trump forces have few options for third party alternative], MSNBC (March 4, 2016): "'I am the third party,' former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the party's 2012 nominee, told conservative gathering CPAC on Thursday. 'The Libertarian Party will be on the ballot in all 50 states.'"</ref> In early May, some commentators opined that Johnson was moderate enough to pull votes away from both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump who were very disliked and polarizing.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Ed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/05/11/who-is-gary-johnson/ |title=Who is Gary Johnson? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=May 12, 2016}}</ref> Johnson also began to get time on national television, being invited on [[ABC News]], [[NBC News]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], [[MSNBC]], [[Bloomberg Television|Bloomberg]], and many other networks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Eli |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/politics/gary-johnson-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/ |title=Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: What Donald Trump says is 'ridiculous' |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=May 12, 2016}}</ref> In September and October 2016, Johnson suffered a "string of damaging stumbles when he has fielded questions about foreign affairs."<ref name="HabermanBurns">{{cite news |author1=Maggie Haberman |author2=Alexander Burns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/us/politics/gary-johnson-campaign.html |title=Gary Johnson Equates Syria Deaths Caused by Assad and West |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Weigel |first=David |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/07/gary-johnson-gives-a-foreign-policy-speech-and-chides-the-media-for-giving-him-pop-quizzes/ |title=Gary Johnson gives a foreign policy speech and chides the media for giving him pop quizzes |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 7, 2016 |quote=Johnson tried to put a string of foreign policy gaffes behind him on Friday{{nbsp}}...}}</ref> On September 8, Johnson, when he appeared on [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Morning Joe]]'', was asked by panelist [[Mike Barnicle]], "What would you do, if you were elected, about [[Aleppo]]?" (referring to a [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)|war-torn city]] in [[Syria]]). Johnson responded, "And what is Aleppo?"<ref name="WhatIsAleppoCNN">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/gary-johnson-aleppo/ |last=Wright |first=David |title=What is Aleppo? |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> His response prompted widespread attention, much of it negative.<ref name="WhatIsAleppoCNN"/><ref name="WhatIsPolitico">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/gary-johnson-aleppo-227873 |work=[[Politico]] |title=Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: 'What is Aleppo?' |first=Louis |last=Nelson |date=September 8, 2016 |access-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> Later that day, Johnson said that he had "blanked" and that he did "understand the dynamics of the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian conflict]]—I talk about them every day."<ref name="WhatIsPolitico"/>

On the other hand, Green Party candidate [[Jill Stein]] said the Democratic and Republican parties are "two corporate parties" that have converged into one.<ref name="reddit">{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4ixbr5/i_am_jill_stein_green_party_candidate_for/d31zimt?context=3 |title=I am Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for President, AMA! • /r/IAmA |website=reddit|date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> Concerned by the rise of the [[Far-right politics|far right]] internationally and the tendency towards [[neoliberalism]] within the Democratic Party, she has said, "The answer to [[neofascism]] is stopping neoliberalism. Putting another Clinton in the White House will fan the flames of this right-wing extremism."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.734445 |title=WATCH //Jill Stein: To stop Trump's neofascism, we must stop Clinton's neoliberalism |newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAJ2WrJm3Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/JvAJ2WrJm3Q |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Left Forum 2016, Is Sanders the Answer to Building Left and Black Power? |website=youtube |publisher=Open University of the Left|access-date=August 17, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In response to Johnson's growing poll numbers, the [[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign|Clinton campaign]] and Democratic allies increased their criticism of Johnson in September 2016, warning that "a vote for a third party is a vote for Donald Trump" and deploying Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] (Clinton's former primary rival, who supported her in the general election) to win over voters who might be considering voting for Johnson or for Stein.<ref name="EasleyKamisar">{{cite web |author1=Jonathan Easley |author2=Ben Kamisar |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/298183-democrats-target-libertarian-ticket/ |title=Democrats target Libertarian ticket |date=September 28, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper) | The Hill]]}}</ref>

On October 28, eleven days before the election, [[FBI Director]] [[James Comey]] informed Congress that the FBI was analyzing additional Clinton emails obtained during its investigation of [[Anthony Weiner sexting scandals|an unrelated case]].<ref name="FbiAbedinEmails">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/fbi-reviewing-new-emails-in-clinton-probe-director-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/ |title=Comey notified Congress of email probe despite DOJ concerns |last1=Perez |first1=Evan |last2=Brown |first2=Pamela |date=October 29, 2016 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="FbiAbedinEmails2">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-emails-fbi-abedin/index.html |title=FBI discovered Clinton-related emails weeks ago |last1=Perez |first1=Evan |last2=Brown |first2=Pamela |date=October 31, 2016 |work=[[CNN]][[CNN]] |access-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> On November 6, he notified Congress that the new emails did not change the FBI's earlier conclusion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/fbi-completes-review-newly-revealed-hillary-clinton-emails-finds-no-n678701 |title=FBI finds no criminality in review of newly discovered Clinton emails |work=[[NBC News]] |date=November 6, 2016 |access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/hilary-clinton-male-voters-donald-trump.html |title=Emails Warrant No New Action Against Hillary Clinton, F.B.I. Director Says |date=November 6, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref>