Posted on 11/03/2016 4:13:16 PM PDT by SSS Two
The FBI has found emails related to Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state on the laptop belonging to the estranged husband of Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner, according to a U.S. official.
These emails, CBS News’ Andres Triay reports, are not duplicates of emails found on Secretary Clinton’s private server. At this point, however, it remains to be seen whether these emails are significant to the FBI’s investigation into Clinton. It is also not known how many relevant emails there are.
In a letter to Congress last Friday, FBI Director James Comey indicated that the agency was taking steps to review newly discovered emails relating to Clinton’s private email server. Those emails came from the laptop of Weiner, a former New York congressman. Abedin reportedly said she had no knowledge of the existence of any of her emails on Weiner’s laptop. On Monday, CBS News reported that the FBI had obtained a warrant for the emails.
In a separate matter, CBS News confirmed that there were disagreements between FBI agents looking into the Clinton Foundation and their superiors in Washington and at the Department of Justice. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the FBI was facing an “internal feud” over how to handle the Clinton Foundation case in the middle of election season. Officials say tension like this is common in many cases.
It is still unclear whether the FBI inquiry into the Clinton Foundation was a full-blown investigation. The current status of that inquiry is also unclear. However, no known charges have been filed related to the foundation.
Gun meet smoke. LOL
The fact that CBS moved this story is excellent. Any time a viewer hears 1, the name Hillary and 2, FBI in the same story is good for us
months?
8 years to at least one extent or another!!
But you’re right.
The past few months i’ve been dying.
Will be an utter wreck Tuesday.
Dont want to drink TOO MUCH before the announcement :)
An adorable deplorable then. We love it!
So it’s clear the dems talking point for the weekend will be “Well it’s not even been stated that this is even an investigation yet! Why those horrible Trumpsters jumped the gun, there’s absolutely nothing to see here! This is just a quick review signifying nothing at all!”
i would agree about the 8 yr to an extent but its moved from boiling blood pressure to a non-stop stomach ache...
I was called a despicable deplorable.
Beautiful.
If Comey answers the questions in Grassley’s October 31 letter will be damaging enough, on the server issue.
Grassley has also sent a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, on conflicts of interest within the DoJ on the server issue.
Accordingly, please respond to the following questions no later than November 4, 2016:
1. Has anyone at the FBI had the ability to read any of the content of the newly discovered emails? If not, then how do you know that they appear to be pertinent to the FBI’s inquiry? If so, does any of the content upon initial review suggest obstruction of or false statements to Congress or the FBI by Secretary Clinton or her senior aides? Please explain.
2. What time frame do the newly discovered emails cover and approximately how many are there?
3. Is there any preliminary information to suggest that a significant number of the newly discovered emails are duplicates of emails already reviewed by the FBI?
4. Did the FBI obtain the device(s) through which it learned of the existence of new emails mentioned in your letter on Friday through compulsory process? If so, please describe the nature and scope of the process in detail. If not, then how did the FBI learn of the existence of the new emails mentioned in your letter?
5. At any point in the Clinton email investigation, did the FBI request use of a grand jury from the Justice Department? If not, why not? If the Department declined, please describe the circumstances in detail. Who at the Justice Department made that decision and what grounds were given for the denial?
6. At any point in the Clinton investigation, did the FBI request an application for a search warrant from the Justice Department? If not, why not? If so, what was the Department’s response? If the Department declined, please describe the circumstances in detail. Who at the Justice Department made that decision and what grounds were given for the denial?
7. According to news reports, the FBI has recently obtained a search warrant for the emails in question. If those reports are accurate, please provide the Committee with copies of the material provided to the court in support of the warrant, including any affidavits executed by FBI personnel.
8. According to news reports, the FBI has also been conducting a criminal inquiry involving the Clinton Foundation. Yet, Justice Department officials reportedly denied the FBI’s request for a grand jury in that matter and pressured senior FBI officials not to pursue the matter through other means. Is it true that the Department denied the FBI’s request for a grand jury in the Clinton Foundation investigation?
9. Press reports also indicate that the Justice Department denied the FBI the ability to search the laptops of senior Clinton aides Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson for information related to the Clinton Foundation inquiry. Is it true that the FBI requested such a search of the Mills and Samuelson laptops, but DOJ denied that request? If the FBI did make such a request, was that request made before or after the Department executed its agreement with Mills and Samuelson for a narrow voluntary search and destruction of the laptops?
10. Please provide the committee with all records related to communications between FBI and DOJ officials regarding: (a) requests for any sort of court-supervised process, such as empaneling a grand jury or applying for a search warrant in connection with the Clinton email or Clinton Foundation investigations, or (b) the Mills and Samuelson laptops that were to subject of limited immunity agreements.
Definitely agreed.
I get anxious easily as it is.
NOW i’m a wreck!!!
The nervous twitch is in full gear, lol, and may be here until I hear him pronounced next president of the US!!
Hillary Clinton is a lying, thieving, bullying, cheating, traitorous, insane, dirty little snot who flunked her bar exam and freezes up like a department store dummy.
What is it going to take for the Democrats to throw this piece of shirt off their ticket?
“At this point, however, it remains to be seen whether these emails are significant to the FBI’s investigation into Clinton”
LOL. CBS can’t be this dumb. The fact that these e-mails are work related and were not turned over means that Hillary lied to the FBI. Felony #1.
If these e-mails have classified information and ended up on Weiner’s laptop Hillary could be put away for life.
Aw.....
Yes I was surprised CBS even touched this story.
Curious indeed.....
thank God for FR!!!
Correction. They PRETENDED to solicit for inexpensive reason ...
Good catch.
And now, Hillary Clinton is kicking herself for not telling Huma Abedin to dump Anthony Weiner like back in 2013 when it was politically expedient to do so.
If these e-mails have classified information and ended up on Weiner’s laptop Hillary could be put away for life.
Me thinks some crimes may be a capital offenses, no?
http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004927
O RLY?
They have a lot of cases, do they, in which a president or a president candidate is under investigation and the political appointees are trying to tamp down an investigation the career field agents?
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