FBI Completes Review of Clinton Emails, No Change in Conclusion

NBC News ^ | 11/6 | Julie Pace, Lisa Lerer and Jill Colvin

[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."

[thouworm]

see post 88 from rodguy???
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Tweet from Bernard Kerik

"There are 691,200 seconds in 8 days. FBI Director Comey reviewed 650,000 in 8 days? A email per second? Americans aren't stupid!"

https://twitter.com/BernardKerik
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COMEY COMEDY: CLEARS HER AGAIN!

[chicken head]

[TBP]

Zero and Lynchmob told Comey how to play this. He did.

It’s going to backfire on them, big time. Suppose Huma rolls on her and gives them just what they say they’re lacking — clear, undoubted intent. Then what? They move the goalposts?

This is only going to increase Trump’s numbers.

[patriotred]

For those of you questioning whether or not the FBI can comb through that much data in that amount of time, I guarantee you they can. The claim is that most of the relevant emails were duplicates. I would expect that to be true. Given that this is digital information, it’s remarkably easy to automate checks for exact matches on content, parsed or otherwise. The FBI has a standard operating procedure for processing this and other types of data. They peruse a lot more data sourced from social media outlets in very short time intervals than they had to in this case. It’s just not challenging at all. I would urge us to stay on message, instead of getting caught up in technical details. (~15yrs information security and occasionally work with FBI directly)

[Flaming Conservative]

If you read the leaked letter from Colin Powell to Hillary, in which he admits to using a personal email for State business (despite publicly denying he ever did that, or told her it was considered ok), it just shows how corrupt our government has been for a long time. Clinton clearly broke the law. Without (apparently) being able to prove intent, I suppose they can’t get her on treason, but they could certainly prosecute her on everything else she’s been found to do. Anyone who thinks this woman is honest and is qualified to be president, is a head case. But then, how many crooks have we elected in the past? Assange is right when he talks about the global money and power network, but I don’t think he is aware of the Power of GOD! It is by His mercy and grace that Trump will win. He is coming for a Church that is “without spot or wrinkle”. Except that the only righteousness we have is Christ Jesus, we certainly don’t meet those two conditions yet, but He is going to winnow us, and the false among us will not stand. I believe in the prophecy from 2011, that says God is raising up Trump to get rid of our corrupt government system. It is the Christian’s job to humble ourselves, seek His face, turn from our wicked ways, and pray. There is to be a great revival in the last days, which we are now in. When Trump wins, it is not a signal to us to relax and just thank God for His mercy. There are two systems in our country -— the government, and the citizenry, from which the government derives its power to govern. Yes, Trump’s job is to be the vessel God uses to clean up our government, but we, as believers, are the vessels He will use to bring forth the revival, that will usher in His second coming. I am not one of those who thinks God will put Hillary in the White House to break us and punish us. There are a lot of Christians who believe that is His plan. He has used despots in the past, to do that. I am also not one of those Christians who believes that America is so good, compared to the rest of the world, that He will spare us because of our relative goodness. What I do believe, is that when the pilgrims landed on America, they made a covenant with God, to give this country to Him. Over the last nearly 400 years, we have broken that covenant every which way but Sunday, but there has always been a remnant who have kept that covenant. And more importantly, GOD KEEPS HIS COVENANTS! By His grace, and it alone, He has allowed our country to pay for and send out 80% of the mission work, done around the world, since our foundation. I’m not bragging on us -— other countries are sending missionaries to us, now! But still, God will move on the basis of His Covenant with us, and His remnant. Pray for the suffering Christians around the world. They will receive a more glorious crown than we will.

[little jeremiah]

There are some fantastic freepers here!! MANY thanks.

[rolling_stone]

IF SHE STEALS ELECTION WE ALL NEED TO FLY OUR AMERICAN FLAGS UPSIDE DOWN AS SIGNAL OF COUNTRY IN DISTRESS

[Art in Idaho]

BTTT

Very well said. I was convinced of God having a hand in this after the second debate. Everything and everyone was against him. It was as if he came out of the ashes victorious. I think he will be Victorious on Tuesday.

Pray America awakes.

[seawolf101]

Hopefully, they will get the job done.

So we all hope. But I would not be surprised if Bill Clinton meets with the head of the NYPD on an airport runway somewhere and makes him an offer he can't refuse.

[Art in Idaho]

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is crooked though he be rich. - Proverbs 28:6

[TexasRepublic]

Somebody threatened Comey to find Hillary innocent.

[gleeaikin]

I suspected that there might be a way to quick check. Thanks for clarifying.

[rodguy911]

Let’s hope not.There are two good things for us about the clinton mob. Sooner or later they will self-destruct and they can’t kill everyone.

[CMS]

[Grampa Dave]

Good reply, thanks for this!

“So, instead, Comey gave it to congress!All 650k e-mails.So now congress has it all.

More important however is the fact that there are already five federal grand jurys empaneled in NYC that the NYPD has to use for whatever purposes and they can not be stopped.So it’s likely that they will indict as many of the criminals they want and probably do it sooner rather than later.

If you watched Trump’s recent speech where the drive by journalists were all salivating for Trump to go rogue again get non-presidential and start talking about just how corrupt everything is yet he didn’t its because he knows everything he should and then some. He ruined their day. So that’s basically where we are.

[rodguy911]

thanks very much

[Vaduz]

Vince Foster kicks box yells yes