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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFrom Fox News of all places: Comey knew about emails on Weiner laptop prior to last week
Comey restarted the case after being briefed by agents. He subsequently told Congress, and Capitol Hill Republicans promptly boasted that the FBI had reopened its investigation into Clinton using a private Internet server system while secretary of state.
Multiple sources now suggest that Comey knew about the existence of the Weiner laptop and the emails prior to last week.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/30/laptop-in-fbis-weiner-sexting-case-had-state-gov-clinton-related-emails-source-says.htmlIn July, Comey wrapped up the one-year FBI investigation into Clinton using the private server, saying she was extremely careless and that some of the emails off the server included classified information.
However, he said investigators had not found enough evidence that Clinton had mishandled classified information to recommend criminal charges.
Several sources told Fox News this weekend that thousands to tens-of-thousands of new documents emerged in the sexting case.
However, it remains unclear whether any of them belong to either Clinton or Abedin, as the Clinton campaign has argued over the past few days.
Everyone wants to have answers, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told Fox News Sunday. Comey should put out answers. This letter is innuendo.
Anonymous sources report that there is no evidence that the newly discovered emails on the computer involve Clinton.
This is from Fox News! Comey is done!
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From Fox News of all places: Comey knew about emails on Weiner laptop prior to last week (Original Post)
vdogg
Oct 2016
OP
So he really found out about this at the time that Access Hollywood tapes surfaced?
TrekLuver
Oct 2016
#2
It was kind of hard to believe FBI in NY knew about emails but didn't let Comey know.
LisaL
Oct 2016
#3
LisaL
(44,974 posts)1. Well, it isn't October surprise unless you time it just right, is it?
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)2. So he really found out about this at the time that Access Hollywood tapes surfaced?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)3. It was kind of hard to believe FBI in NY knew about emails but didn't let Comey know.
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)4. According to reports, the NY FBI did let the FBI head office know
They flew in Clinton email experts to look it over briefly - to see if it was something they should look into. Apparently, they felt it was and Comey did his letter, etc.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-emails-fbi-abedin/index.html
How Comey has handled this is up for serious debate. I need more facts. But it appears that he was not acting entirely on an impulsive, partisan whim.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)5. There is some big money behind this whole
deal. Smells like a repeat of Ed Miece and his crew playing the Trump card. They don't call him the fixer for nothing.
FXSTD
(25 posts)6. They are saying comey asked lynch for a warrant to look at the emails on the laptop when he found
Out of their existence but was denied the warrant by lynch. That warrant has been issued today.
Is this true?
vdogg
(1,384 posts)8. I'm going to need a link on that and not just a claim from someone with 21 posts.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)9. "no evidence that...emails... involve Clinton."
Anonymous sources report that there is no evidence that the newly discovered emails on the computer involve Clinton.
That reinforces this little tidbit from Los Angeles times piece yesterday:
The emails were not to or from Clinton, and contained information that appeared to be more of what agents had already uncovered, the official said, but in an abundance of caution, they felt they needed to further scrutinize them.