Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe

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[hotsteppa]

When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, agents had not been able to review any of the material, because the bureau had not yet gotten a search warrant to read them, three government officials who have been briefed on the probe told Yahoo News.

At the time Comey wrote the letter, “he had no idea what was in the content of the emails,” one of the officials said, referring to recently discovered emails that were found on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.

As of Saturday night, the FBI had still not gotten approval from the Justice Department for a warrant that would allow agency officials to read any of the newly discovered Abedin emails, and therefore are still in the dark about whether they include any classified material that the bureau has not already seen.

“We do not have a warrant,” a senior law enforcement official said. “Discussions are under way [between the FBI and the Justice Department] as to the best way to move forward.”

[FredZarguna]

Then what good to the American people is the NSA, if they can’t help protect our country’s NATIONAL SECURITY?

Maybe they are.

Huma "has no idea" how thousands of Clinton emails "found their way" onto the laptop of her estranged husband. A laptop which just so happened to fall into the possession of investigators not controlled by the US government.

Think this is all a coincidence?

[Windflier]

“Huma “has no idea” how thousands of Clinton emails “found their way” onto the laptop of her estranged husband.”

You didn’t expect her to come right out and admit she knew those emails were there, did you?

Why, she dindu nuffin, officer. Honest truth.

[FredZarguna]

I think if you start reading that document around page 19, as I recommended, you will discover that case law is somewhat different in different circuits, but the most expansive view is that the whole computer is a single container, and that is the case law in the Fifth Circuit, which has made the most rulings in this area.

But more importantly, depending on both the email client and its configuration, and the nature of their account access, it's conceivable that sender, recipient, date, and the first few header lines of every email on the laptop are all visible in a single pane, used to drill down to the full detail.

In such a case, literally thousands of emails would all have some of their most damaging information in plain view, intermixed between Huma's content and Weiner's. And there is no ambiguity in the case law about that. It's all admissible, even without a warrant.

[FredZarguna]

The fact remains: the material came under the jurisdiction of a LEO that doesn’t answer to Barack 0bama. I find that, let us say, curious.

[Windflier]

The fact remains: the material came under the jurisdiction of a LEO that doesn’t answer to Barack 0bama. I find that, let us say, curious.

Everything about the Clintons and Obama is curious.

I doubt the American people will ever be able to stitch together the entire picture of these criminals, but enough of their dirt is coming to light, that at least it's making them scramble like the cockroaches they are.

[LucyT]

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Check out # 104 and # 105.

Here’s a frmail note:

‘let the bodies hit the floor, let the bodies hit the floor...’

@JackPosobiec

Can anyone confirm the story that Comey skipped the country before this all blew up?

KGBVeteran @JackPosobiec Can’t confirm Comeys location. Can confirm Weiner will be dead by Thanksgiving if She looses.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/792537150789156864

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[redleghunter]

How does Comey know the emails are potentially pertinent if they have not seen them?

[LucyT]

From # 83:

No, the problem is most people aren’t familiar with the court system. Comey doesn’t (and shouldn’t) know the content of the emails. Anyone who opened ANY of the emails with a Hillary or Huma header on it and read the contents may very well have jeopardized the criminal case.

Even if Weiner voluntarily surrendered the computer to the NYPD, he CANNOT give consent to the police to search anything other than HIS email. He cannot give consent for Huma or Hillary. Therefore the search warrant is needed.

I doubt if anyone who is a Hillary supporter will change their opinion or vote. They know what they are buying and just don’t care. They are awash in the Kool-Aid.

The independents may take another look, but it will take someone like Judge Napolitano or Judge Piro to explain the criminal rules of procedure for them to understand the process.

Hillary and the Dems are screaming foul knowing the noise may force her voters to vote early and then not be able to change their vote when the other shoe drops.

While Comey may have screwed up the original investigation, I would bet the agents handling this now are dotting every “I” and crossing every “t” to make sure there is no way she can slip out of this.

FWIW, I know people who worked in the White House when Clinton was there and she was universally hated by all the military and SS who were there. I also had the “pleasure” of working her detail when she was on the campaign trail the first time. I’ve heard many stories of thrown ashtrays, yelling, screaming, abusing those who she didn’t consider her inner circle.

I think this time will see a different outcome.

[Candor7]

Re: From #13.

Its not that simple. The NYPD have the computer. The Hillery data was found while searching for material involving sexting charges against Weiner. As such the material may not require another search warrant from Comey, as it was uncovered in the process of a warranted search of Weiner’s device.

And if Comey needs a warrant for these e-mails, he will get it easily because the initial charge will likely be that Huma perjured herself.

No, Hillolita is finished. We knew that beause Huma was not on the campaign with her.

And all the Dem talking heads are throwing Huma under the bus. Mook is about to jump off a bridge.He is aiding and abetting a felon.

[rodguy911]

I wonder if Val/jar has taken a hammer to the laptop yet?

[newnhdad]

no judge will grant one at this stage.

[trebb]

The DOJ acting as her rear-guard makes it look bad even if it turns out there’s nothing there (as if that could be the case)....

[grey_whiskers]

Chuck Woolery: “#AnthonyWiener sexted a 15 year old girl and ended up screwing a 70 year old.” (twitter.com)

[GregNH]

They are not related.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“We do not have a warrant,” a senior law enforcement official said. “Discussions are under way [between the FBI and the Justice Department] as to the best way to move forward.”

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Research by Detective:

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1. Huma Abedin was in charge of setting up Clinton’s private server. But she told the FBI that she had no knowledge of Clinton’s server until it became public.

2. Huma Abedin had an email account on the illegal Clinton private server, huma@clintonemail.com. Abedin was the only State Department aide whose emails were hosted by the private Clinton server but Abedin told the FBI that she didn’t know the server existed until she heard about it in the news.

3. FBI agents showed Abedin three separate email exchanges she had with an IT staffer regarding the operation of the private Clinton server during Clinton’s tenure at State. Abedin claimed she “did not recall” the email exchanges.

4. Many State Department employees told the FBI that they considered emailing Abedin “the equivalent of e-mailing Clinton.” Abedin, in turn, “routinely” forwarded State government emails — including ones containing classified information — from her state.gov account to either her clintonemail.com or her Yahoo.com account “so that she could print them” at her home.

5. Hillary Clinton required emails to be printed out for her to read.

6. Another Clinton aide told the FBI that “Abedin may have kept emails that Clinton did not.”

7. Abedin appears to have violated a Classified Information Non Disclosure Agreement she signed at the State Department on Jan. 30, 2009, in which she agreed to keep all classified material under the control of the US government.

8. The FBI never searched Abedin’s laptop or Yahoo email account at any point in their year-long investigation into possible mishandling of classified information and espionage. There is no possible explanation for why this was not done.

9. Huma Abedin clearly lied repeatedly to the FBI. This is a felony. Yet, the FBI never followed up on any of these obvious lies.

10. Emails that Clinton had illegally deleted are supposedly found on Anthony Weiner’s computer.

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‘Detective’ added:

“You must read this article to have any understanding about Comey’s recent letter to Congress...”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486695/posts

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Attorney General told FBI director James Comey NOT to send letter to Congress

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486422/posts

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WND ...

Report: Clinton aides’ laptops not destroyed (Mutiny at the FBI)
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/pings?clear=406764624

... Related ...

Joe DiGenova: FBI agents refused orders to destroy laptops and they still exist

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486697/posts
American Thinker | Thomas Lifson

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EXCLUSIVE: Huma Abedin is holed up in her New York home and off the campaign trail after FBI ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486661/posts

[Looking for some bleach-bit?]

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Clinton aide Huma Abedin told people she doesn’t know how her emails wound up on husband’s computer

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486669/posts

Washington Post | October 29, 2016 | Matt Zapotosky, Tom Hamburger and Karen Tumulty

Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she is unsure how her emails could have ended up on a device she viewed as her husband’s computer, the seizure of which has reignited the Clinton email investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation and civil litigation over the matter. The person, who would not discuss the case unless granted anonymity ... [snip]

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Donna Brazile on FBI Re-Opening Clinton Investigation: It’s ‘Like an 18-Wheeler Smacking into Us’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486668/posts

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‘Oh God, Anthony Weiner…’: Biden Reacts to New FBI Revelations (Video)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486667/posts

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Mark Steyn:

The Questions That Were Never Put (in Public)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486663/posts

The 6’ 8” gummi worm who runs the FBI has been shamed by some guy holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London into reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. I suppose if you’ve run one sham investigation there’s no harm in running a second. Happily for Hillary, the media seem more interested in a Helsinki tabloid’s report that a former Miss Finland is claiming to have been “groped” by Donald Trump. At this stage the October Surprises are no longer surprising. [snip]

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Digging Deep Archive

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2636478/posts?q=1&;page=2651

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Before Loretta Lynch it was Eric Holder — a Clinton guy from the 90s who was Attorney General.

What a piece of work he was ...

Fast and Furious.

New Black Panthers intimidating voters.

His priorities in general ...

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

You recall Tom Fitton ... Judicial Watch?

Fitton used to grumble and grumble about Clinton appointees back in the 90s, and he frequently lamented Eric Holder.

Well, enough of that. It’s just that everywhere you turn in the Obama administration it reeks of Clintonista. And apparently Lynch is right on board.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol.. who woke up with a horse head in their bed? DOJ caves by tomorrow.

[jsanders2001]

And yet idiot liberals claim we are all just conspiracy theorists on here. Maybe the truth is they can’t truly understand that some people will do whatever it takes to achieve a goal or agenda using whatever means it takes because they are true sociopaths. Hell liberals should be able to really relate to that.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Need to fix a link ...

Report: Clinton aides’ laptops not destroyed (Mutiny at the FBI)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486709/posts

... Related/Confirmed ...

Joe DiGenova: FBI agents refused orders to destroy laptops and they still exist

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3486697/posts
American Thinker | Thomas Lifson