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Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/comey-wrote-bombshell-letter-to-congress-before-fbi-had-reviewed-new-emails-220219586.html

When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, agents had not been able to review any of the material, because the bureau had not yet gotten a search warrant to read them, three government officials who have been briefed on the probe told Yahoo News.

At the time Comey wrote the letter, “he had no idea what was in the content of the emails,” one of the officials said, referring to recently discovered emails that were found on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.

As of Saturday night, the FBI had still not gotten approval from the Justice Department for a warrant that would allow agency officials to read any of the newly discovered Abedin emails, and therefore are still in the dark about whether they include any classified material that the bureau has not already seen.

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If nobody's read them, how the hell do they know they're "pertinent to the investigation"?did

I'm thinking Comey did this solely to stave off a wholesale revolt at the FBI.  This has nothing to do with Hillary and everything to do with Comey covering his own ass.

And he's going to be massively embarrassed when he has to backtrack in a few days.
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If nobody's read them, how the hell do they know they're "pertinent to the investigation"?did

I'm thinking Comey did this solely to stave off a wholesale revolt at the FBI.  This has nothing to do with Hillary and everything to do with Comey covering his own ass.

And he's going to be massively embarrassed when he has to backtrack in a few days.

I am thinking that he is working to get Hillary elected.  Dropped the investigation before.  Now comes out with a letter about  new emails.   They don't even know what is on them.

Just look at all the hype that hit the media and now the fall.  Take everyone up as if there is something major.  Then nothing major no further investigation

If it turns out to be nothing Hillary will take the election.  Smoke and mirrors.
« Last Edit: October 29, 2016, 11:09:35 pm by Chosen Daughter »
AG William Barr: "I'm recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented Epstein long ago was a firm that I subsequently joined for a period of time."

Alexander Acosta Labor Secretary resigned under pressure concerning his "sweetheart deal" with Jeffrey Epstein.  He was under consideration for AG after Sessions was removed, but was forced to resign instead.

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The justice department with our Attorney General Loretta Lynch has not issued one, Lynch, the same one who took the 5th about so-called ransom funds paid to Iran.

Anyway,  NYPD saw the emails at the least: http://nypost.com/2016/09/22/nypd-investigating-weiners-sexting-relationship-with-teen/

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Though the topics may intersect, this really does belong in the scandal area.

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I am not seeing that. No way this helps Hillary. Even if there is nothing there it has already given new life to trump. I believe this guy used to be Republican and was originally a Bush appointee before being picked by Obama for the FBI.

It helps Hillary a lot if Comey is forced to say "Never mind."
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It helps Hillary a lot if Comey is forced to say "Never mind."

Yep, sorry cuky but I think this is the ultimate scam by the Clinton campaign.  I see Hillary saying I am going to make that email thing work for me.

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« Last Edit: October 29, 2016, 11:21:32 pm by Chosen Daughter »
AG William Barr: "I'm recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented Epstein long ago was a firm that I subsequently joined for a period of time."

Alexander Acosta Labor Secretary resigned under pressure concerning his "sweetheart deal" with Jeffrey Epstein.  He was under consideration for AG after Sessions was removed, but was forced to resign instead.

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If this is true and there was no knowledge of what was in the emails when he wrote his letter, then what Comey did was totally wrong.
It's one thing for journalists and talk show hosts throwing out surprises to influence the election, but it is entirely different for the Director of the FBI to be doing this.

Yep.  So far it's looking very much like Comey did this without any justification in an attempt to influence the election.  An FBI Director trying to influence an election outcome.

The last time we had anything close was with Hoover.

That said, there will be more information coming next week.  I expect my opinion might change with new evidence.
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NYPD investigated, law enforcement agencies share info; we don't know all of the facts, maybe FBI agents did see some of this.

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The fact that these emails were found on a device not turned over to the FBI is a crime in of itself. Huma signed a declaration stating that she turned over all devices that she used for email.
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If this is true and there was no knowledge of what was in the emails when he wrote his letter, then what Comey did was totally wrong.
It's one thing for journalists and talk show hosts throwing out surprises to influence the election, but it is entirely different for the Director of the FBI to be doing this.

Comey said that his investigative team briefed him on the e-mails.  So... I think this story is spin.

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The fact that these emails were found on a device not turned over to the FBI is a crime in of itself. Huma signed a declaration stating that she turned over all devices that she used for email.

The truth is surely, this simple.

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Huma apparently was set up that she could have really spied a lot. So it happens, on a computer that also has porn? Oh, brother.

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Huma apparently was set up that she could have really spied a lot. So it happens, on a computer that also has porn? Oh, brother.

Comey jumped the gun and so did Trump.  It is possible that they will not get the warrant and this will become the non story Hillary needed to boost her in the polls.  Sympathy.  They needed solid evidence to make any dent on her.

Major backfire.  This is now being played as election sabotage.

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/fbi-director-james-comey-caught-admitting-he-knew-his-letter-would-create-a-misleading-impression/26439/

Trump is such a child too.  He couldn't wait to pour it on.
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AG William Barr: "I'm recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented Epstein long ago was a firm that I subsequently joined for a period of time."

Alexander Acosta Labor Secretary resigned under pressure concerning his "sweetheart deal" with Jeffrey Epstein.  He was under consideration for AG after Sessions was removed, but was forced to resign instead.

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Huma Abedin swore under oath she had given up all her devices that had State Department emails on them
FBI found government-related emails on laptop Abedin shared with disgraced husband Anthony Weiner
The laptop was seized during a separate investigation involving alleged sexts Weiner sent to a 15-year-old girl   
Abedin said in June 2016 she looked for all devices she may have used to send and receive emails while working for Clinton at State Department
She gave two laptops, a Blackberry and some paper 'files' from her apartment to her attorneys to review
Abedin said her attorneys were the ones who determined 'what was federal record' and needed to be turned into the State Department
FBI is determining if classified information obtained by Abedin could have been accessed on her computer or forwarded on to unprotected accounts
None of the emails were exchanged directly between Abedin and Clinton

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3886214/Huma-Abedin-swore-oath-gave-devices-State-Department-emails-them.html

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Is this a matter of a warrant, or just permission with respect to potentially classified materials?  If they had a warrant to search the computer arising out of the Weiner investigation, then generally speaking that may cover other emails they find (somebody who stores their stuff on someone else's computer runs the risk of losing their protected privacy interest). 

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Is this a matter of a warrant, or just permission with respect to potentially classified materials?  If they had a warrant to search the computer arising out of the Weiner investigation, then generally speaking that may cover other emails they find (somebody who stores their stuff on someone else's computer runs the risk of losing their protected privacy interest).

I’m by all means not a legal expert, but from what I have learned is that search warrants are almost always limited or restricted as to what can be searched and what evidence can be seized. In this particular alleged illegal sexual minor contact investigation, the judge signing the search warrant would probably limit the search of electronic communications to only items of an illegal sexual nature. Neither the investigators nor the warrant signing judge would have any idea that this search would also stumble upon what appears to be unauthorized and illegal emails containing classified information stored on the subject personal devices. Once the investigators executing a search warrant chance upon probable cause evidence that additional crimes beyond the scope of the original search warrant, they would normally present that probable cause in a very immediate request for a search warrant for the investigation of additional criminal activity.

It is not good to read that as of Saturday night, two days after investigators had possibly found that there may be unauthorized storage of classified emails, that the DOJ had not issued a search warrant to the FBI. That looks like the DOJ is trying to stall any further investigation into Clinton’s illegal activity.
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If this is true and there was no knowledge of what was in the emails when he wrote his letter, then what Comey did was totally wrong.
It's one thing for journalists and talk show hosts throwing out surprises to influence the election, but it is entirely different for the Director of the FBI to be doing this.
Not yet getting the warrant does not mean the FBI has not read these emails. It means they can not use them as evidence in court. Of course they have read the emails.

The fact that Lynch's DOJ is sitting on the FBI warrant request could be nobama's (ValJarret) making sure this drags out longer to let hitlery twist in the wind. Regardless of status of warrant, none of these emails, aside from possible Wikileaks, will be made public before Election Day.

 If DOJ refuses the warrant request, then they are being political and we are in a Constitutional Crisis.

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It helps Hillary a lot if Comey is forced to say "Never mind."

FBI will not say "never mind".

No smart lawyer would ever ask any question they do not know the answer to beforehand.

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Comey jumped the gun and so did Trump.  It is possible that they will not get the warrant and this will become the non story Hillary needed to boost her in the polls.  Sympathy.  They needed solid evidence to make any dent on her.

Major backfire.  This is now being played as election sabotage.

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/fbi-director-james-comey-caught-admitting-he-knew-his-letter-would-create-a-misleading-impression/26439/

Trump is such a child too.  He couldn't wait to pour it on.

Pete Williams on Meet the Press:  "The FBI doesn't know what is in the emails.  They have not looked at them or analyzed them.  All they know is that some emails were found on Huma Abedin's computer and have decided to investigate." 

Huma Abedin may be the "target" and not Hillary at all.
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FBI will not say "never mind".

No smart lawyer would ever ask any question they do not know the answer to beforehand.

Comey would.  He has no idea what is in these emails.
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FBI will not say "never mind".

No smart lawyer would ever ask any question they do not know the answer to beforehand.

What he's doing is allowing the press to build the narrative.  And right now the press is building the narrative that Comey has no idea what is in these emails, he jumped the gun, he disregarded DOJ protocol by "interfering" in an election.

That's all sympathetic to Hillary.  Rather than dampen enthusiasm for her, it will increase enthusiasm. 

And there may yet be another oppo drop on Trump.
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What he's doing is allowing the press to build the narrative.  And right now the press is building the narrative that Comey has no idea what is in these emails, he jumped the gun, he disregarded DOJ protocol by "interfering" in an election.

That's all sympathetic to Hillary.  Rather than dampen enthusiasm for her, it will increase enthusiasm. 

And there may yet be another oppo drop on Trump.

Gee, the press being pro-Hillary, well isn't that new?

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Comey would.  He has no idea what is in these emails.

Come on now!  You are the one who doesn't have any idea as to what they have or don't have.  And furthermore I would bet you that Comey had to be dragged kicking and screaming to,making this move.  There has to,be something there or else he would never have agreed to do this.
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Come on now!  You are the one who doesn't have any idea as to what they have or don't have.  And furthermore I would bet you that Comey had to be dragged kicking and screaming to,making this move.  There has to,be something there or else he would never have agreed to do this.

Someone had to put a gun to his head to get him to send that letter to Congress.

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Come on now!  You are the one who doesn't have any idea as to what they have or don't have.  And furthermore I would bet you that Comey had to be dragged kicking and screaming to,making this move.  There has to,be something there or else he would never have agreed to do this.

This issue is fairly well covered in the scandal threads, really a good reason to merge threads rather than having to reinvent in the wheel all the time as they say.

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Someone had to put a gun to his head to get him to send that letter to Congress.

Loretta Lynch put a gun to his head (and told the press about it) trying to get him to NOT send that letter.  It didn't matter.

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Anyone with a shred of common sense knows that Hillary violated the law, and nearly anyone other than she would have already been indicted, but for the utter politicization of the Executive Branch under Barack Obama. None of that requires the assistance of hysterical conspiracy theories. 

The FBI already knows at least some of what is in the emails, because they were tipped off by the NYPD. But they are required to publicly assert otherwise pending Justice Department approval of a search warrant. Any honest and impartial AG would provide such approval, given what is already known. But honesty and impartiality are the very opposites of what we have come to expect from this Administration.

There is a monumental tug-of-war going on behind the scenes, between career investigators in the FBI and the thoroughly corrupt Justice Department, with James Comey right in the middle. And make no mistake: it is not just Hillary that Loretta Lynch seeks to protect, but Barack Obama, the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's campaign associates as well.
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Come on now!  You are the one who doesn't have any idea as to what they have or don't have.  And furthermore I would bet you that Comey had to be dragged kicking and screaming to,making this move.  There has to,be something there or else he would never have agreed to do this.

We have no idea what we don't know.  But to re-open an investigation of a major Presidential candidate eleven days out from the General?  A Democrat with a Democrat administration in place?  Yeah, there's something there.
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Anyone with a shred of common sense knows that Hillary violated the law, and nearly anyone other than she would have already been indicted, but for the utter politicization of the Executive Branch under Barack Obama. None of that requires the assistance of hysterical conspiracy theories. 

The FBI already knows at least some of what is in the emails, because they were tipped off by the NYPD. But they are required to publicly assert otherwise pending Justice Department approval of a search warrant. Any honest and impartial AG would provide such approval, given what is already known. But honesty and impartiality are the very opposites of what we have come to expect from this Administration.

There is a monumental tug-of-war going on behind the scenes, between career investigators in the FBI and the thoroughly corrupt Justice Department, with James Comey right in the middle. And make no mistake: it is not just Hillary that Loretta Lynch seeks to protect, but Barack Obama, the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's campaign associates as well.

That is exactly where Comey finds himself.
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I dont believe this story.   It's weiners laptop.   They know what is on it.    Comey is going against his boss.   He had hoped trumpy would win this and that it wouldnt matter.   Wiki leaks will dump it all this week anyway.   Our government is in crisis and even the court is policized.    It may take our military to remove the clinton crime machine
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That is exactly where Comey finds himself.

The proverbial 'between a rock and a hard place'.  Can't say we don't live in interesting times.   I just hope things don't get 'too' interesting.
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The proverbial 'between a rock and a hard place'.  Can't say we don't live in interesting times.   I just hope things don't get 'too' interesting.


Time for comey to arrest hillary at one of her rallies, and release statement that AG is under  Criminal investigation
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Time for comey to arrest hillary at one of her rallies, and release statement that AG is under  Criminal investigation

I have pretty good dreams....but not even "I" dream that good!  lol
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I am not seeing that. No way this helps Hillary. Even if there is nothing there it has already given new life to trump. I believe this guy used to be Republican and was originally a Bush appointee before being picked by Obama for the FBI.

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Most likely he still doesn't have a warrant because Bathhouse Barry has ordered the alleged Justice Department to not give him one.
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I have pretty good dreams....but not even "I" dream that good!  lol


Walks out on stage with his team.   Hillary Clinton, you are under arrest for obstruction of justice and espionage.  You have the right to remain silent and to have an attorney present durring all questioning.   Do you understand these rights as i have explained to you?  As the team cuffs her.   Turns to the crowd and says into the mic........ "Well that's about the size of it.....pilgrim!"
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Most likely he still doesn't have a warrant because Bathhouse Barry has ordered the alleged Justice Department to not give him one.

Most likely yes, but IMHO the chain of events went like this; NYPD investigating Weinergate came across the emails, NYPD did have a warrent and did read the emails. NYPD then alerted the FBI and TOLD THE FBI WHAT THEY READ.

So yeah,  the FBI knows whats in those emails and if the FBI doesn't do anything the NYPD will. Gun 1 to Comey head. Comey does something and Lynch puts gun 2 to Comey head.  Comey is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
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Anyone with a shred of common sense knows that Hillary violated the law, and nearly anyone other than she would have already been indicted, but for the utter politicization of the Executive Branch under Barack Obama. None of that requires the assistance of hysterical conspiracy theories. 

The FBI already knows at least some of what is in the emails, because they were tipped off by the NYPD. But they are required to publicly assert otherwise pending Justice Department approval of a search warrant. Any honest and impartial AG would provide such approval, given what is already known. But honesty and impartiality are the very opposites of what we have come to expect from this Administration.

There is a monumental tug-of-war going on behind the scenes, between career investigators in the FBI and the thoroughly corrupt Justice Department, with James Comey right in the middle. And make no mistake: it is not just Hillary that Loretta Lynch seeks to protect, but Barack Obama, the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's campaign associates as well.

This is the best assessment of the situation I've seen so far.  The questions are:  Will the DOJ issue the warrant?  Will anyone take action based on the fact that this is yet AMOTHER private device and it was not turned over to the FBI inn the original investigation?
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Walks out on stage with his team.   Hillary Clinton, you are under arrest for obstruction of justice and espionage.  You have the right to remain silent and to have an attorney present durring all questioning.   Do you understand these rights as i have explained to you?  As the team cuffs her.   Turns to the crowd and says into the mic........ "Well that's about the size of it.....pilgrim!"

Remember how radical left all 'dreamed' about frog-marching Bush & Cheney to jail?  I've been dreaming about the Clintons being hauled off for decades now.  Wow.  What a day that would be!  I probably wouldn't survive the post-arrest 'celebration' ....lolol.
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@cuky

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Most likely he still doesn't have a warrant because Bathhouse Barry has ordered the alleged Justice Department to not give him one.

Probably right.

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They already have a search warrant for this computer, otherwise they wouldn't have it in their posession. Yes, it's for another (Weiner) case, but the agents on that case most certainly have seen at least some of the emails.

Any bets on how many copies of the entire contents of that laptop now exist?
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Most likely yes, but IMHO the chain of events went like this; NYPD investigating Weinergate came across the emails, NYPD did have a warrent and did read the emails. NYPD then alerted the FBI and TOLD THE FBI WHAT THEY READ.

So yeah,  the FBI knows whats in those emails and if the FBI doesn't do anything the NYPD will. Gun 1 to Comey head. Comey does something and Lynch puts gun 2 to Comey head.  Comey is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

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FBI will not say "never mind".

No smart lawyer would ever ask any question they do not know the answer to beforehand.

This isn't a trial.  It's at the "police search a workplace and find stuff" stage.  It's as if they searched a workplace for evidence on "Bob" but see notes from "Sally" in his desk.

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Most likely yes, but IMHO the chain of events went like this; NYPD investigating Weinergate came across the emails, NYPD did have a warrent and did read the emails. NYPD then alerted the FBI and TOLD THE FBI WHAT THEY READ.

So yeah,  the FBI knows whats in those emails and if the FBI doesn't do anything the NYPD will. Gun 1 to Comey head. Comey does something and Lynch puts gun 2 to Comey head.  Comey is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

That's what happens when you go to work for these guys.  The minute you say "yes" to the job offer, you've put yourself in that position.  No sympathy for Comey at all (not that you were expressing any).

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Anyone with a shred of common sense knows that Hillary violated the law, and nearly anyone other than she would have already been indicted, but for the utter politicization of the Executive Branch under Barack Obama. None of that requires the assistance of hysterical conspiracy theories. 

The FBI already knows at least some of what is in the emails, because they were tipped off by the NYPD. But they are required to publicly assert otherwise pending Justice Department approval of a search warrant. Any honest and impartial AG would provide such approval, given what is already known. But honesty and impartiality are the very opposites of what we have come to expect from this Administration.

There is a monumental tug-of-war going on behind the scenes, between career investigators in the FBI and the thoroughly corrupt Justice Department, with James Comey right in the middle. And make no mistake: it is not just Hillary that Loretta Lynch seeks to protect, but Barack Obama, the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's campaign associates as well.

First, anyone peddling the "everyone knows" line is peddling hearsay.

Second, it's looking more apparent that the FBI knows that these emails exist and probably the email addresses in the to/from/cc/bcc lines as well as the subject line info.  Without a search warrant, the contents of the emails cannot be perused.

Third, because of #2, the FBI doesn't know what it has yet.

Fourth, Comey sent a letter to Congress and internally to the FBI stating roughly that.

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And somehow that means they have got dirt on Hillary?  Maybe, but they don't know one way or another as yet.

Furthermore, as he's on record as stating he doesn't recommend prosecution as the evidence did not warrant it... I'd say he's going to need some pretty hefty justification to convince a judge to issue a search warrant on a case he, himself, has closed.
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Time for comey to arrest hillary at one of her rallies, and release statement that AG is under  Criminal investigation

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Nope,not gonna happen because there is no way in hell this AA Attorney General is going to allow an arrest warrant for Bubbette! to be issued,never mind an arrest warrant for her own arrest.

That's the Catch-22 in all of this and WHY none of this stuff was made public months ago. All they have to do now is hold on for another week,and they are all in the clear. No way are they going to fold at this point.
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Hi Lando, Just wanted to share this:

Even though he has been a registered Republican for most of his adult life, FBI Director James Comey testified Thursday that he is no longer a registered member of the GOP.
"Although our politics are different — I gather you're a Republican — that correct?" Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) asked Comey in prefacing his remarks.
Comey responded, "I have been a registered Republican for most of my adult life, not registered any longer."

The FBI director, who previously served as deputy attorney general in George W. Bush's administration before President Barack Obama appointed him to his current position, donated to the presidential campaigns of John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/james-comey-testimony/2016/07/what-party-is-james-comey-registered-as-225223#ixzz4Oa0knFmy
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Should be interesting when all the facts come out.  Also, this is being reported, which could also be bull:

 NBC News reporter Tom Winter said that there are 3 emails under review and that none of them were previously withheld from investigators by Clinton or her campaign.

“NEW: NBC’s Pete Williams reports that the e-mails Comey announced today were NOT originally withheld by Clinton or campaign,” he said.

Hmm.  That's going to be difficult to make anything out of.  Specially since she turned the three over already, with the FBI already reviewing them.

Which really makes it look like this whole thing is pure politics.

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First, anyone peddling the "everyone knows" line is peddling hearsay.

Second, it's looking more apparent that the FBI knows that these emails exist and probably the email addresses in the to/from/cc/bcc lines as well as the subject line info.  Without a search warrant, the contents of the emails cannot be perused.

Third, because of #2, the FBI doesn't know what it has yet.

Fourth, Comey sent a letter to Congress and internally to the FBI stating roughly that.

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And somehow that means they have got dirt on Hillary?  Maybe, but the don't know one way or another as yet.

Furthermore, as he's on record as stating he doesn't recommend prosecution as the evidence did not warrant it... I'd say he's going to need some pretty hefty justification to convince a judge to issue a search warrant on a case he, himself, has closed.

So, @HonestJohn, what do you think this is about?  I think you're saying that so far the FBI has nothing and isn't likely to have anything.

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They already have a search warrant for this computer, otherwise they wouldn't have it in their posession. Yes, it's for another (Weiner) case, but the agents on that case most certainly have seen at least some of the emails.

@Scutter

Maybe they can get an arrest warrant for Weiner for having Top Secret State Dept files on  his private computer when he doesn't work for the State Dept OR have a security clearance to read them?

After all,they have his own wife issue a statement that computer belongs to him,not her.

I suspect Weiner would have some REALLY interesting things to say about his wife and her love bunny if he suddenly found himself facing espionage charges.
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So, @HonestJohn, what do you think this is about?  I think you're saying that so far the FBI has nothing and isn't likely to have anything.

Any investigator is going to reopen a case when they think they may have new evidence, ESPECIALLY in one that no charges were filed. Comey also stated, "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case."
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