Posted on 11/06/2016 2:35:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
FBI Director James Comey announced the development in a letter to Congress that was made public Sunday afternoon, just two days before Election Day
FBI Director James Comey abruptly announced Sunday that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges related to newly discovered emails from her tenure at the State Department, lifting a cloud of uncertainty that has shadowed the final days of her presidential campaign.
In a letter to congressional lawmakers two days before Election Day, Comey said the FBI has worked "around the clock to process and review a large number of emails" obtained from a device belonging to Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman and estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
Comey said the review has not changed the bureau's assessment from earlier this year that Clinton should not be prosecuted for her handling of classified information at the State Department.
In the FBI's review of the thousands of emails on Anthony Weiner's laptop, a senior law enforcement official confirmed to NBC News that nearly all were duplicates of emails seen by the team investigating Clinton's server. Although some emails did forward documents previously identified as containing classified information, it did not change the total number of classified documents investigators found on the server.
U.S. Intelligence sources have confirmed they're preparing for possible hacks affecting electricity, the internet, social media and transportation next Tuesday. (Published Friday, Nov. 4, 2016) There were unseen emails, the official said, but they were unrelated to government business.
Clinton's campaign welcomed the FBI announcement.
Trump landed in Minnesota for a rally moments after Comey's announcement. He made no direct mention of the FBI decision and continued to insist —without evidence — that Clinton would be under investigation during her potential presidency. "She's protected by a rigged system," he said. "She shouldn't even be allowed to run for president." Pence, Ryan Urge Republicans to 'Come Home' for Trump The FBI began investigating the handling of classified material on Clinton's private server in New York shortly after she announced her bid in April 2015. Last July, in an extraordinary public statement on an ongoing case, Comey announced he was not recommending criminal charges against Clinton and called the decision "not even a close call." But he also delivered blistering criticism of Clinton, calling her and her team "extremely careless" with her handling of national secrets.
Clinton had appeared to be heading for a sweeping victory before the FBI review, but Comey's announcement blunted her momentum. Since then, national polls and battleground states have tightened, though Clinton still appears to hold an edge over Trump in the campaign's last moments.
During remarks at a black church Sunday morning, Clinton urged voters to choose "unity over division" as she sought to close a caustic presidential campaign on an uplifting note. She warned that President Barack Obama's legacy is on the line, part of her strategy to shore up black voters who may be less enthusiastic about her than the president.
"If we come together with the common vision, common faith, we will find common ground," Clinton declared.
Clinton also planned to campaign alongside basketball superstar LeBron James in his home state of Ohio and appear in New Hampshire with Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who delivered a stinging indictment of Trump at the Democratic convention.
Her high-wattage allies also fanned out across the country, including President Barack Obama, who was joined by musician Stevie Wonder at a rally in Florida.
As the campaign's final weekend drew to a close, more than 41 million Americans had already cast their ballots in early voting.
Trump opened a furious day of campaigning in Iowa, the battleground states where he appears in the strongest position. He also planned to make stops in Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three states that have reliably voted for Democrats in presidential elections, as well as Virginia, a state Clinton's campaign believes it has a solid hold on.
Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told reporters Sunday that Trump planned to keep up the breakneck campaign pace through Election Day. After voting in New York Tuesday morning, Trump was expected to return to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and New Hampshire later in the day, Conway said.
The businessman was also facing criticism for a new ad that asserts the "establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election" and features photos of billionaire George Soros, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, all of whom are Jewish. The National Jewish Democratic Council said the ad's use of anti-Semitic stereotypes is "shocking and dangerous."
Hillary’s toast. Only intensifies suspicion of government. Wikileaks has dealt her the fatal blow.
It’s all a political ploy, just two days before the election!
Comey is violating the Hatch Act!
No justice unless the voters handle it.
Thanks Obama, Lynch & Comey, you just handed the White House to Donald Trump.
Comey belongs in prison for how he’s fallen on his own sword for these criminals.
Watch the overwhelmingly positive coverage from the liberal media.... bloviating and gushing for Hillary..... sickening..... I don’t think it makes a difference.... Trump still has Big Mo
It could change tomorrow.
Its getting very close to time for Madame Guillotine to make her entrance.
Trial by jury Tuesday, guilty verdict expected.
They went through 650,00 emails in a week without the NYTimes calling in civilians to review them? The Donald will be making much of this tomorrow!
It took more than a year to review a few tens of thousands of emails, and one week to review more than half a million emails.
Comey needs explain this.
Congress needs to serve Comey tonight a subpoena to appear promptly at 9AM Monday morning. If 9:01 arrives and Comey is not before Congress then find him in contempt and issue a warrant for his arrest.
ENOUGH
I did not expect this.
I did not expect this.
“FBI Completes Review of (650,000) Clinton Emails . . “
glad to know the system isn’t rigged,
Hey Comey, tell it to- “ What difference does it make”? You will Never be able to look an honest American citizen in the eye again. I hope this man finds salvation, but since he seems to be given over to a reprobate mind that does evil and enjoys the doing of it, I don’t hold out much hope.
It would be appropriate for law abiding citizens to shun him publicly in every aspect of his life until he becomes a man without a country for such a betrayal of his Oath of Office.
So NBC says Trump states, without evidence, that Clinton will still be under investigation after the election. WITHOUT EVIDENCE?????
What happened to the Clinton Foundation?
The press has lost the capacity to report anything without their own spin.
The beast said before this came out not to pay any attention to the next wikileaks dump, then come comes out and clears her again. Prerequisite for the wiki dump? It must be good if shes trying to head it off at the pass
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