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[DragonSworne]

What was Obama's reason for appointing a fucking Republican to this position in 2013?

Obama is one of the main reasons why we have such an obstructionist government.

His attempts to reach across the aisle was his one big bundler. Can't trust fools that don't see past your skin color.

 

[Kimawolf]

What is the Hillary camp going to drop the weekend before election day to override this? Another rape scandal for Trump?

"Hacked Russian emails shows Trump Campaign and Republican officials conspiracy of email hack!"

You got that proof? That or video or audio of him talking about doing more molestation more recent. Thats bout all.

 

[Kimawolf]

LMAO Jesus

Its like there are two factions in the FBI leaking shit now.

 

[Servbot24]

I still don't really get what this story is about... all I'm seeing is "hillary has sent emails in the past". Well no shit?

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Just saw this, don't know if it's been posted: https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/792807458611879936



How in god's name does one accumulate 650,000 emails? That's insane.

I would like to know just what email systems these people use. This shit is insane.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Pray for the men and women who have to go through Anthony Weiner's emails.

 

[diablos991]

Pray for the men and women who have to go through Anthony Weiner's emails.

Mountains of dick pics.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

The election may be over before they get to the emails.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

I'm confident my state is going to her (MN). It's PA and Ohio I worry about.

We 👏 will 👏 not 👏 lose 👏 Pennsylvania.

Even if Clinton loses overall she will not lose Pennsylvania. It's like Blue Texas. Heck, even Texas will be closer than Pennsylvania.

 

[thepotatoman]

I was curious if the FBI broke tradition with that 2006 Jeanine Pirro investigation, and it seems like it was leaked by unnamed sources 41 days before election. This is the story that broke the news:

https://web.archive.org/web/20061031194642/http://www.wnbc.com/politics/9947969/detail.html

I do still wonder if there's an example of FBI explicitly breaking that 60 day before election tradition, but it doesn't seem like this is one of them.

 

[phisheep]

Just saw this, don't know if it's been posted: https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/792807458611879936



How in god's name does one accumulate 650,000 emails? That's insane.

Approx number of 15 y-o females in USA

 

[Escape Goat]

We 👏 will 👏 not 👏 lose 👏 Pennsylvania.

Even if Clinton loses overall she will not lose Pennsylvania.

Trump can't win without Florida and they're statistically tied there. /pray

 

[maquiladora]

I still don't really get what this story is about... all I'm seeing is "hillary has sent emails in the past". Well no shit?

The FBI thinks that these emails may include ones that were deleted before they got to look at Hillary's email server. So I guess it's just going to be a case of checking for classified information etc. all over again.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Trump can't win without Florida and they're statistically tied there. /pray

Are they? I see Florida leaning blue in almost everything I'm looking at.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Trump can't win without Florida and they're statistically tied there. /pray

I think they might be underestimating the Hispanic vote like in Nevada, but it's still pretty close nonetheless.

 

[draetenth]

Clinton will win PA (I live here). She's likely to only win the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas, but that's all she needs. PA is the classic liberal city, conservative everything else state. Unfortunately for the GOP, the city population can carry the state for Clinton.

It's that asshole Toomey that I'm worried about winning.

 

[Kathian]

Just saw this, don't know if it's been posted: https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/792807458611879936

How in god's name does one accumulate 650,000 emails? That's insane.

Dear lord. Has this laptop just been downloading this stuff in the background for years? How many mail servers has it been receiving from?

 

[diablos991]

With an average of 15kb per email that's around 10gb of emails. Lol

Dick picks bring that tally up further.

This qty of emails make me wonder if he was building a CYA file.

 

[oatmeal]

Just saw this, don't know if it's been posted: https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/792807458611879936



How in god's name does one accumulate 650,000 emails? That's insane.

That's a lot of dick pics.

 

[Liberty4all]

Just saw this, don't know if it's been posted: https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/792807458611879936



How in god's name does one accumulate 650,000 emails? That's insane.

In their initial review of the laptop, the metadata showed many messages, apparently in the thousands, that were either sent to or from the private email server at Mrs. Clinton’s home that had been the focus of so much investigative effort for the FBI. Senior FBI officials decided to let the Weiner investigators proceed with a closer examination of the metadata on the computer, and report back to them.

Oh wow.

I guess that blows out the "it was only 3 emails" narrative.

 

[teruterubozu]

So they are tied to her server after all. Yikes.

 

[Nrocinu777]

Oh wow.

I guess that blows out the "it was only 3" narrative.

Are you a Trump supporter? I'm curious. You tend to show up with negative Clinton news.

Also, isn't WSJ Republican leaning? Not sure I trust everything they say.

 

[mercenar1e]

So they are tied to her server after all. Yikes.

what does the Republicans hope to accomplish if they find anything on his laptop that might incriminate Clinton? would they attempt to impeach her in the first year? lol

 

[balladofwindfishes]

So they are tied to her server after all. Yikes.

No. They're just emails that were sent to or from the email server on the computer.

Every time Huma got an email from Hillary, that was to/from Hillary's server.

 

[tuxfool]

what does the Republicans hope to accomplish if they find anything on his laptop that might incriminate Clinton? would they attempt to impeach her in the first year? lol

They'd have impeached her years ago if they could. There is nothing that drives them wilder than the Clintons.

 

[Adaren]

I still don't really get what this story is about... all I'm seeing is "hillary has sent emails in the past". Well no shit?

The story is more like:

"FBI has not read every single email ever sent / received by people close-ish to Clinton"

*gasp*

 

[maquiladora]

WSJ

The review will take weeks at a minimum to determine whether those messages are work-related emails between Huma Abedin, a close Clinton aide and the estranged wife of Mr. Weiner, and State Department officials; how many are duplicates of emails already reviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and whether they include either classified information or important new evidence in the Clinton email probe, which FBI officials call “Midyear.”

Mr. Comey was given an update, decided to go forward with the case and notified Congress on Friday, with explosive results. Senior Justice Department officials had warned Mr. Comey that telling Congress would violate well-established policies against overt actions that could affect an election, and some within the FBI have been unhappy at Mr. Comey’s repeated public statements on the probe, going back to his first press conference on the subject in July.

 

[Lord Frieza]

If this is tied to the her private server wouldn't it also imply that there's probably nothing much new since they've already looked extensively through the e-mails that have come and gone through the server?

 

[teruterubozu]

No. They're just emails that were sent to or from the email server on the computer.

Every time Huma got an email from Hillary, that was to/from Hillary's server.

ah ok, that makes sense, I guess. Never seen such a clusterfuck elections.

 

[StopMakingSense]

If this is tied to the her private server wouldn't it also imply that there's probably nothing much new since they've already looked extensively through the e-mails that have come and gone through the server?

Yes, it has been suggested from leaks that these could very well be duplicates of items already reviewed.

 

[Betty]

WSJ

So this is all on Comey.

What an idiot.

Even if he meant to influence the election he's painted a bullseye on himself.

 

[Adaren]

If this is tied to the her private server wouldn't it also imply that there's probably nothing much new since they've already looked extensively through the e-mails that have come and gone through the server?

Yep.

Thanks Comey.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Are you a Trump supporter? I'm curious. You tend to show up with negative Clinton news.

Also, isn't WSJ Republican leaning? Not sure I trust everything they say.

Negative Clinton news = trump support? WSJ is now in on a conspiracy?

 

[stonesak]

The story is more like:

"FBI has not read every single email ever sent / received by people close-ish to Clinton"

*gasp*

Lol at calling Huma "close-ish".

 

[Adaren]

Lol at calling Huma "close-ish".

Was more thinking Weiner, since he's the true star of the story.

You can drop the "-ish" off of "close-ish" and it's still equally ridiculous. The FBI will never, ever, ever read through every single email sent / received by people close to Clinton. No one had a problem with that until Friday.

 

[Liberty4all]

If this is tied to the her private server wouldn't it also imply that there's probably nothing much new since they've already looked extensively through the e-mails that have come and gone through the server?

Not the 33k deleted ones which it's very possible some copies of which may be on this laptop.

That's a part of why this is so explosive.

 

[maquiladora]

If this is tied to the her private server wouldn't it also imply that there's probably nothing much new since they've already looked extensively through the e-mails that have come and gone through the server?

Correct but since these emails go back "years" according to reports, they could include some of the emails that were deleted from the server before the FBI checked it. I guess that's the only thing that could be relevant, everything else would probably be duplicates of emails they have already looked at.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Negative Clinton news = trump support? WSJ is now in on a conspiracy?

I think what he's implying here is that there's a tendency of Trump supporters here, both open (like Team Alucard) and closeted (like diablos991) to only come into negative Hillary threads to pile on, or tout fringe theories while never showing up in positive Hillary threads or negative Trump ones. Definitely seems to happen a lot.

 

[MThanded]

No. They're just emails that were sent to or from the email server on the computer.

Every time Huma got an email from Hillary, that was to/from Hillary's server.

Wasn't this Weiner's laptop? I'm confused.

 

[maquiladora]

Wasn't this Weiner's laptop? I'm confused.

According to WSJ :

Those emails stretched back years, these people said, and were on a laptop that both Mr. Weiner and Ms. Abedin used and that hadn’t previously come up in the Clinton email probe.

 

[teruterubozu]

According to WSJ :

They shared a laptop? With 650,000 emails? What on earth?

 

[bob_arctor]

Not the 33k deleted ones which it's very possible some copies of which may be on this laptop.

That's a part of why this is so explosive.

Explosive!! I like the diarrhea allusions. Perfect for this shitty election and this shitty "scandal".

 

[MThanded]

According to WSJ :

I see. So probably was a laptop she used to use and then at some point gave to him. So the old account's email store is likely sitting on the hard drive.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Fucking Anthony Weiner.

How in god's name does one accumulate 650,000 emails? That's insane.

CC'd email chains and spam/direct marketing add up.

I wonder: did Weiner have Huma's account set up on his machine's email client, just constantly downloading emails from the server? Was it intentional? Like a cheater suspecting those around him of doing the same, and therefore keeping an eye on his wife and invading her privacy?

Edit: or just a forgotten account.

 

[Yamauchi]

Oh wow.

I guess that blows out the "it was only 3 emails" narrative.

Who in the world said there were only 3 emails? Huma is HRC's right-hand woman, and they have thousands of her emails. That was in the first day's report from the Washington Post. Good to get better confirmation, though:

"The latest development began in early October when New York-based FBI officials notified Andrew McCabe, the bureau’s second-in-command, that while investigating Mr. Weiner for possibly sending sexually charged messages to a minor, they had recovered a laptop with 650,000 emails. Many, they said, were from the accounts of Ms. Abedin, according to people familiar with the matter."

Also

"In their initial review of the laptop, the metadata showed many messages, apparently in the thousands, that were either sent to or from the private email server at Mrs. Clinton’s home that had been the focus of so much investigative effort for the FBI."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-...o-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957/

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

I was told yesterday that they were found in a folder called "life insurance". Was he gathering up tons of stuff to use as black mail?

 

[RPGCrazied]

They knew about this for weeks and just now saying something? Oh fuck off, they are trying to hurt Hillary chances. Its pretty clear now.

 

[Steel]

I was told yesterday that they were found in a folder called "life insurance". Was he gathering up tons of stuff to use as black mail?

The person you were told that by has no credible source and is pulling shit out of their ass.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I was told yesterday that they were found in a folder called "life insurance". Was he gathering up tons of stuff to use as black mail?

This situation is as good of a reason as any for either complete transparency or none at all because this piecemeal bullshit just invites nothing but erroneous reporting based on "sources" or just plain internet rumors like whatever this post is talking about.

 

[Xe4]

Government issued email?
I don't think we would be in this mess if we were dealing with government issued email addresses.

I am betting Weiner ends up charged with something in the coming months.

Huma did use her .gov adress. She also used personal email for other stuff, though.