FBI reviewing emails found on devices used by Weiner/Abedin
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Saint Gregory
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Based on one of the Tweets linked earlier it sounds as if there were three emails sent by Huma from Clinton's server to Weiner that weren't included in the emails that they already investigated. The existence of additional emails that weren't turned over to them is the connection to Hillary, not that it means anything important.
Except we've heard tons of new details about what they're looking into that wasn't in the letter, like the source of the e-mails (Weiner's sexts).
And yet they've had no problems leaking additional information to the press...
A political "shitstorm" should NEVER be the concern of the FBI Director.
jstevenson
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I sorta wonder if whatever they found contradicts Huma's testimony and if she's the one who is going to go down in all of this.
From whom did you hear this information? From on-the-record sources or from "officials"?
And if he just sat on these new emails until after the election without informing Congress, that would seen as tampering as well.
Any decision that Comey makes is going to have political ramifications.
It shouldn't, but that's a part of the job. The FBI has to look impartial and if there was nothing holding him to making that statement, why do it?
Again, what's the harm in making this a public release after/if something is found?
Not if they're proven to be unrelated to Clinton's investigation.
Na. From the looks of it, the news to the FBI is that a lot of the emails Huma sent were stored on those devices because she forwarded them to her Yahoo account in order to print them, not that she created a bunch of emails that they hid from the FBI. Several media outlets have confirmed that these emails weren't withheld by the Clinton campaign.
And I have a hard time believing that these are completely new emails. Other have already reported that they haven't found anything classified in them yet. I mean, why would she print out classified information with an old account?
This whole thing is just so bogus and unfair to Hillary. How the hell does she even respond to this? I mean, she knows the same thing as everybody else (well, ok, the campaign has its own sources in the FBI I guess)/
Unattributed, off-the-record quotes by "officials" are simply not the same as an official report to Congress.
Lord Frieza
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It's going to be nothing probably., like pretty much all the e-mail stuff has been at the end of the day. I think the statement by the Clinton campaign earlier was pretty bold, I don't think they're worried about anything. Unless Huma isn't involved with them anymore, but I thought she was.
Because he is legally bound to do so.
He had testified under oath to Congress and when new information that potentially alters that testimony becomes evident, he has to make a statement to Congress indicating as such.
Quick make thirteen topics that you fail to read the content of your own sources so we can have a good laugh together for the thirteenth time.
excelsiorlef
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Almost literally everyone's but Clinton's were hacked lmao.
maquiladora
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He could have easily waited until after the election. Making this public just 11 days before an election is not in line with norms.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/fbi-reopens-clinton-email-server-investigation-230454
I wonder how long it will be before the mods remove "Clinton" from election related threads.
Okay, I stand corrected then.
Then the onus is on the shitstain that leaked his statement.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not if they aren't from Hillary. They're hearsay.
That liberal media sure is back at it again, am I right?!
However, I don't think anyone who, to quote Bernie Sanders, doesn't care about those damn emails will be swayed to care by this tremendous reaching by the media to find any possible way to be "even" in coverage of Hillary and the human dumpster fire.
But it hasn't been made evident yet. Look at the actual letter:
There's literally nothing to report yet, and Comey jumped the gun.
ABC News has been pretty anti Hilary, when they are not obsessing over the weather.
Michael F. Assbender
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Well, we don't know what the three emails are... And even if they aren't exactly a revelation, if he's under instruction to report it than what he did was fine.
And it's not as if he was the one who leaked this letter to the press.
There is no doubt that Comey exercised "an abundance of caution" in sending the letter at this stage.
But, the FBI testified before Congress that the server investigation was effectively "over", that there was nothing further to examine. However, this new information effectively caused a "material change" in his sworn testimony before Congress in the sense that there are other documents that should be examined related to the server investigation. It was this "material change" in the status of his sworn testimony that required the letter to be sent under law.
High Fry Frow
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I can.
Michael F. Assbender
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Welcome to America. Please enjoy our freedom and our deep fried Twinkies.
CNN is projected to be projected earnings by 100 million dollars this year
and this
and no one cares that the Directory of the FBI is doing this at such a critical moment.
... Sarcasm?
EatinOlives
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The election is over for all intents and purposes. People want something to cling to between now and Nov 8.
It doesn't matter. The FBI was just beginning that part of the investigation so Comey had nothing to report yet. He was under no obligation to tell anybody about it because it's not pertinent yet. And in doing so, he's opening himself up to accusations of political interference.
DontBeThatGuy
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that's essentially every HRC "scandal" in a nutshell.
Atom Heart Mother
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weiner is like the perfect person to just accidentally cause shit, it's so funny
Thats bullshit. If he's not sure if the materials are even relevant to the investigation (like he said in the fucking letter), there's no reason to claim they constitute a material change to anything. There was no fucking reason to send the letter. He's trying to play politics. Period. I won't be surprised to see him running for an office in 2018.
Version 3.0
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Just catching up...so Wiener sent thousands of e-mails, and the FBI, GOP and media are all assuming that all of them are concerning Hillary's server until proven otherwise?
Oh, and I don't suppose any progress has been made on finding out whether Wiener is guilty of anything, right? I mean, who cares?
Oh, and I don't suppose any progress has been made on finding out whether Wiener is guilty of anything, right? I mean, who cares?
I want Clinton to win but stuff like this is fucking stupid.
Last_colossi
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Can someone answer this because I legitimately don't know:
Since Obama is still President doesn't he have the power to pardon Hillary of all past crimes, etc.? (Not saying that she has any but as a hypothetical), and even if she is indicted if she wins the election and passes the inauguration wouldn't she be immune to prosecution as the President?
Since Obama is still President doesn't he have the power to pardon Hillary of all past crimes, etc.? (Not saying that she has any but as a hypothetical), and even if she is indicted if she wins the election and passes the inauguration wouldn't she be immune to prosecution as the President?
The FBI were not involved in the GOP's wild goose-chase. Dumb comment.
maquiladora
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Hillary news conference coming up.
Never seen a thread title change so many times. Eye of the beholder.
In short; FBI are investigating new information relating to the Clinton email investigation taken from the devices related to a White House sex scandal. Everything is fine. In unrelated news Donald Trump has bought a new tie.
Christ. A man with a book reading a story book is about to appear in a real world thread. Wholly fucking shit.
In short; FBI are investigating new information relating to the Clinton email investigation taken from the devices related to a White House sex scandal. Everything is fine. In unrelated news Donald Trump has bought a new tie.
Christ. A man with a book reading a story book is about to appear in a real world thread. Wholly fucking shit.
Did you miss the part where he said "allegedly"?
White House sex scandal? What? No, it's a regular sex scandal.
And the relationship to the "Clinton email investigation" is just that they are emails from Huma to Hillary, possibly.
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