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."
Well it is possible that this is an effort toward putting the possible charges in a box for potential Obama pardon, e.g. worse going forward. But Sunday is a helluva a day for such an announcement. Don’t you think?
Comey’s announcement dates are an inverse Fibonacci function. There will be one more announcement late Monday afternoon.
>You will Never be able to look an honest American citizen in the eye again.<
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You think he cares now that his future is assured? There are more important things to him than his personal honor. And what happened to all the disgruntled FBI agents that forced Comey to review Hillary’s emails again?
I wonder if an indictment on charges to the misuse of classified information could actually impair a later prosecution related to the CF, which might need to rely on evidence from the email case.
Can any attorneys answer that?
They know the Clinton crime syndicate has lost if they don’t pull something big. This isn’t going to be it. Too late. Proves Trump landslide is incoming and that Comey is part of the Clinton global cabal. It really is rigged. Go figure.
Either that or they would have destroyed the evidence.
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 yo watched trumps recent speech where the drivegby 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.
Yes. It’s awful to see friends and family be completely snowed by the media. God help us. America is mic more awake now though thanks to The Donald.
I am just sick over this...it is blatent corruption. If trump doesnt win we are so screwed
And once again, Eeyores are right.
It doesn’t matter is in Hillary’s emails, she ain’t gonna be prosecuted.
It was the Satanism that immediately turned Hispanics and blacks against HRC, of the FBI investigation.
Exact analogy I used as well when I first heard of the 're-opening' of the investigation last week.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486918/posts?page=105#105
I think many of us on FR are on the same wavelength in that we are able to see when we are being played. Unfortunately; we are outnumbered by the sheeple who drink the media kool-aid.
“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.”
They are sending classified information all over hell and back.....and somehow this is ok?! The answer is this is NOT OK, not by any stretch.
Well, if Hillary did not break the law, then the FBI can share Hillary’s emails with Congress and the American people
They worked around the clock? How many? 6,000 of them? They’re counting on Clinton voters to be too stupid not to realize that it’s impossible for those emails to have been read in a week, not even a year. One can’t just look for key words. Understanding the message and its contents and its context takes reading every frickin one, word by word. No other way can one claim to have properly reviewed them.
If they looked at all 680K emails again that would be about 1 sec per email.... 188.8 hours= 7.8 days Um... yep
If they looked at all 680K emails again that would be about 1 sec per email.... 188.8 hours= 7.8 days Um... yep
Or not...what a ride.
Just having a separate server is a felony. If they didn’t indict that no way they will pull the trigger on possible treason. Our last hope may be the NYPD.
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