[AndyTheBear]

I think the DOJ is going to be trying to push the FBI to just wrap things up while claiming they investigated, and then destroy the lap top and declare it over by the weekend.

I am hoping they don't get away with it, and I don't think they will, but I really expect them to try. Could get ugly.

[Gay State Conservative]

I think the DOJ is going to be trying to push the FBI to just wrap things up...

I read earlier today that the AG ran into BillyBob yesterday in Chappaqua.

[Alberta's Child]

... and then destroy the lap top and declare it over by the weekend.

I don't think it's going to be that easy.

1. Nobody will believe them.

2. This isn't a simple matter of "destroying a laptop." The e-mail files they found were probably not on this computer, but in a cloud storage location that was accessible through the computer.

3. The story from a couple of years ago, involving a hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts, makes it impossible to know who else might have these e-mails.

4. Too many hands in law enforcement (NYPD, multiple FBI field offices, etc.) have seen this information.

5. If the Wikileaks dumps of John Podesta's e-mails have told these people anything, it's that they have to go through their lives with the expectation that every one of these e-mails is eventually going to end up in the public domain.