The emails were found after the FBI seized devices belonging to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner.
An FBI investigation into new emails related to Hillary Clinton were discovered after the bureau took control of devices owned by top Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband Anthony Weiner, authorities said Friday.
Weiner came under NYPD — and apparently FBI — scrutiny after reportedly sexting a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. Earlier in the year he reportedly sent texts to a woman with his young son in the photo, and Abedin announced her separation from him.
News of Weiner and Abedin’s connection to the new emails was first reported by the New York Times.
Weiner didn’t return several requests for comment.
“In connection with an unrelated case the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation,” reads a letter sent from FBI Director James Comey to Congress on Friday. Comey said it’s unclear how long the review will take.
The Clinton campaign found out about the FBI’s review when news broke in media reports and had no advance warning, a Clinton official told BuzzFeed News.
At a Friday evening news conference, Clinton sharply criticized the FBI’s handling of the new emails, saying “we have not been contacted by anyone.” When asked about the potential content of the emails, Clinton responded that “your guess is as good as mine, and I don’t think that’s good enough.”
She also repeatedly called on the FBI to release more details.
“We don’t know the facts,” Clinton said, “which is why we are calling on the FBI to release all the information that it has.”
According to Capitol Hill sources, it did not appear that oversight committees on the Hill were aware of the new FBI probe before the letter was received Thursday. The FBI said it did not place any restrictions on the letter it sent to Congress, and said lawmakers were free to share it if they chose to do so.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta issued a statement saying, “FBI Director Comey should immediately provide the American public more information than is contained in the letter he sent to eight Republican committee chairmen. Already, we have seen characterizations that the FBI is ‘reopening’ an investigation but Comey’s words do not match that characterization.
“Director Comey’s letter refers to emails that have come to light in an unrelated case, but we have no idea what those emails are and the Director himself notes they may not even be significant,” Podesta added. “It is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeor...ZY#.tspmqAL42o
The full tea as it unfolded.
The media is predicting the fallout that they are desperately trying to create.