Bennet Omalu, the doctor who inspired the film Concussion and discovered CTE, has advised Clinton’s campaign officials to perform a toxicologic analysis of her blood as he believes the presidential candidate could have been poisoned.
Omalu took to Twitter, writing, “I must advice the Clinton campaign to perform toxicologic analysis of Ms. Clinton’s blood. It is possible she is being poisoned,” adding, “I do not trust Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump. With those two all things are possible.”
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Clinton collapsed after leaving the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony early on Sunday. Clinton has been battling pneumonia, but the
Democratic nominee decided to press on Sunday in order to attend the ceremony before exiting.
Reports say she kept the diagnosis a secret from most of her staff, only telling family and close aides.
Don Fowler, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told Politico that Clinton is expected to make a full recovery and is taking the necessary precautions. She is expected to return to the campaign trail on Thursday.