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The other issue is sematics. The FBI said it is reviewing additional emails, not "reopening the investigation". Chaffetz said that, and the news (and the rest of the GOP) piled on that description.
Like I said, it's semantics. But the GOP is reading this as "the FBI has changed its mind about the earlier investigation and conclusion" and we have absolutely no reason to believe that's the case, and considerable reason to believe this won't change their conclusion. Which will just drive folks on the right even further around the bend.
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The letter says "in connection with an unrelated case". So, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this new (NOTre-opened) investigation is in connection with an unrelated case. :emoticon-animal-004:
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Headlines now moving toward a more accurate description:
CNN: FBI reviewing new emails in Clinton classified information probe
NYT: FBI Reviewing New Emails in Hillary Clinton Case
WaPo: FBI to take new 'investigative steps' on Clinton emails
...well, headlines from the real world, at least. You can imagine the headlines from the usual suspects.
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Oh No. It's that imbecile pervert Anthony Weiner again. Unbelievable.
"New emails tied to FBI's Clinton inquiry discovered during probe of former Congressman Anthony Weiner's sexting probe; emails discovered after the FBI seized electronic devices belonging to Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband: New York Times "
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Okay, obviously it is too soon to understand what Comey's letter is really all about. So I'll stop guessing until it becomes clear.
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From
Vox:
Earlier, the Associated Press reported that the new emails did not come from Clinton’s private server, citing to a US official. And NBC’s Pete Williams reported during a TV segment that, according to his sources, the new emails are not [even] from Hillary Clinton herself and they don’t appear to involve evidence that she or her people deliberately withheld from the FBI.
The article says it may be from an investigation into Weiner's sexting. (!) His wife is a top aide of Clinton, so they've probably been going through her email.
Oh, brother. Whatever this is from, Comey really shat the bed on this one, and that can't be un-shat.
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FWIW, here's Think Progress'
take on it.
Comey really did handle this pretty cavalierly - dropping a vaguely worded letter like this on a Friday afternoon, without any clarifying information, 11 days before the election.
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billb wrote:
Jesus, just arrest the lying pig and toss her in a dungeon someplace.
Save the US and the rest of the world of all this deceit and corruption.
At least let Jeffrey Epstein fuel up his jet and get the Clintons out f the country quick while "no one is looking" and spend the next 25 years "hunting them down" like Osama.
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She has just announced they are separated, but she is still married to Weiner. No report of divorce papers being filed since her August announcement of the separation.
