[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
On the 20 January 2016 edition of AC360, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin downplayed the latest development in Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal — the revelation that her private e-mail server "contained highly-classified intelligence from the most top secret of programs," as host Anderson Cooper reported. Toobin asserted that "it's a huge political problem," but added, " I don't think it's a big legal problem. I don't think the FBI is going to wind up charging her with a crime."
Cooper reported the news on Mrs. Clinton's sever as "big news tonight on the Democratic side." He continued by noting that "Clinton told NPR today that this is just another leak and attempt to inject the issue back into the campaign; and a Clinton's spokesman said on New Day that the information could have been nothing more than a forwarded news article." The anchor also pointed out, "You may remember Bernie Sanders saying in a CNN debate that the American people are sick and tired of hearing about her — quote, 'damn e-mails.'" He added, "The question is whether this will ever go away; and also, if Clinton can withstand a surge in the polls that the Sanders camp is enjoying right now."