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WASHINGTON — The U.S. presidential race has narrowed to a statistical dead heat in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s latest email scandal, a new poll showed Sunday.

Donald Trump surged to within one percentage point of Clinton in the ABC News/Washington Post survey, having been 12 points behind in the same poll a week ago.

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An average of all recent polls still had Clinton more than three points ahead, but a newly buoyant Trump said: “We are now leading in many polls, and many of these were taken before the criminal investigation announcement on Friday.”

His running mate Mike Pence added: “Frankly, I think people have come to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton is a risky choice to be the next president.”

The FBI is looking into whether classified information was held on a computer shared by Huma Abedin, Clinton’s close aide, and her estranged husband Anthony Weiner, the disgraced ex-congressman accused of sending sexual text messages to a 15-year-old girl.