Man who discovered CTE thinks Hillary Clinton may have been poisoned

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Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who has made the NFL so uncomfortable with his discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathyin the brains of deceased players, suggests that Hillary Clinton’s campaign be checked for possible poisons after her collapse Sunday in New York.Omalu, whose story was famously told in the movie “Concussion,” made the suggestion on Twitter, writing that he advised campaign officials to “perform toxicologic analysis of Ms. Clinton’s blood.”I must advice the Clinton campaign to perform toxicologic analysis of Ms. Clinton's blood. It is possible she is being poisoned.— Bennet Omalu

A (@bennetomalu9168)September 12, 2016The suggestion was greeted somewhat skeptically in the replies.

@bennetomalu9168pic.twitter.com/MOcbGM56ba— Abe Froman (@kingkielbasa22)
September 12, 2016

But this is Omalu, whose credentials and tenacity are well known. He wasn’t giving up on Twitter, adding that his reasoning is that he does nottrust Russian President Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee who has expressed admiration for Putin

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