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."
And, why haven’t the Israeli Nazi hunters gotten ahold of him?
Those Israeli guys are relentless.
Comey did what he did to take the case out of the hands of the DOJ who would have sat on the evidence destroyed it or just done nothing on it at all.
He in essence gave it to the NYPD who has authorit to proceed with it with numerous grand jurys already in play.
Comey took the DOJ out of the equation and gave the case to the NYPD.
Hopefully, Trump will win and the NYPD will act promptly by indicting all the right people.
let a grand jury be given this and let them decide based on evidence , of which there is a lot.
Completely correct. Americans are NOT interested in politicians who want to turn the USA into essentially a banana republic.
Remember, What Comey said was based on only circa 33,000 out of 650,000 emails stored on Weiner's laptop hard drive. What about the other 617,000 emails? And remember, the investigation of the legality of the Clinton Foundation continues....
It is here somewhere, post 88 I think
Art, Nick
In regards to the release of classified info, there does —not— have to be intent proven.
The mere release of info is, in itself, a violation,
—whether intentional or not—
Comey doesn’t know his own rules about the handling of classified information.
So you want comey to turn over all that info to DOJ,is that what your are saying?
Thank you!
Comey has over 100 letters of resignation by other FBI agents on his desk.Is he going to do the wrong thing again? Not likely.What he did was take the DOJ out of things and put it in the hands of the NYPD.
The government has never done anything this fast. I know government software and there is no government software that isn’t totally screwed up. If they’re trying to sell that BS, don’t you believe it!
Now Congress has all the emails also.
Don’t know and it doesn’t matter. Listen to his speech and decide for yourself what he did and why he did it.
He knows not to go off the rails and play into the DBM hands.He won’t do that any more.
He also knows far more than we know here.
How do you know this?
Exactly,the Clintons,abedin,carlos danger her top aids,mills et all, zero, you name them are going to be targets for prosecution for the rest of their natural lives and then some.
Yep, and I think the reason why Comey didn't recommend an indictment now is because it is the Department of Justice that hands down the indictments, and you know Loretta Lynch won't do that for really obvious reasons! Instead, the information is now in the hands of the NYPD instead, and tne NYPD could do something really nasty against the Clintons soon....
PING!!
Article and comments, esp #88
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3490144/posts?page=88#88
Ping to tweets from Gingrich, Kerik, K. Powell Banks.
cynwoody wrote:
https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/795369286135140354
https://twitter.com/BernardKerik/status/795389573853573122
https://twitter.com/kpowellbanks/status/795395211652460544
thanks, WildHighlander57
I have really good sources but more than that its common sense when you think about it. NYPD had previously stated that if for some reason the FBI didn’t get the job done they would.I take them at their word. and don’t ask for the thread I’ve perused a thousand threads in the past two weeks.
Many thanks.
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