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This information is quite telling. It shows maybe they didn't trust Comey, but they have also given Comey "cover". You can't tell me they had those emails for weeks and didn't get a very good look at them. If they had decided to alert Comey before looking at them closely themselves, it makes no sense to wait for weeks to do so. If the agents simply wanted to force Comey's hand I dont see how waiting helps. The sooner they alert Comey, the more time they have to convince him to do the right thing. Waiting this late is not a good strategy move. Comey could just say "Look guys, it's too late, you had this weeks ago. I'm not doing anything with this at the last minute and possibly mess with the election when those emails might be nothing more than recipes!"

If they give Comey a month to look at it, he's more likely to do so quietly IF he has any integrity. And if he ignores it, then the agents could threaten to go rogue.

The more likely scenario is that the agents decided to do their own snooping without a warrant, and THEN alert Comey if they find something big. With thousands of emails to go through, and trying to look busy with other investigations, it took them awhile to find a smoking gun or enough of something to be significant.

Now that they have found something they get it to Comey ASAP. Comey knows it is big, and he knows they know, so there is no burying it. If it wasn't that big, Comey would just say it is not big enough to bring up before the election. As Carl Bernstein said, it has to be a bombshell; however, Comey has to claim ignorance as to what is there, and that is where the agents have provided him cover. Now, Comey can go by the book, get a warrant, and then "find" the bombshell.

We are focused on how this effects the election, but the FBI investigators are focused on building a criminal case, and the last thing they want to happen is have their most important evidence thrown out due to an "illegal" search.

Earlier reports said that the emails in question were discovered on the Weiner/Huma computer in a file marked “insurance” (as in this is a CYA file to use in case Hillary turns on us). Has there been anymore verification of that report?

What would bombshell be?