FBI reopens Clinton email investigation

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FBI reopens Clinton email investigation

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This is all over the news and Twitter today. The FBI director announces that they are reopening the investigation about Clinton's email server due to some new information and emails uncovered in another case.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/ ... index.html

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The FBI just unfathomably turned the election with a vague association that likely will be deemed much ado about nothing. Holy fuck.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... _says.html

https://twitter.com/AP/status/792076790676283392

OK, there's a little more clarity developing here. Here's NBC's Pete Williams (who's been covering the Justice Department for decades and is presumably well-sourced) reporting that senior officials "familiar with the thinking behind [Comey's] letter" say the newly discovered emails in question 1) were not sent by Hillary Clinton, 2) do not appear to have intentionally been withheld from the FBI, 3) were not discovered via the investigation into the John Podesta or Democratic National Committee hacks. Williams adds (in a cautious, hedged manner) that the new development does not appear to be a "game changer."

So—an email relevant to the investigation, but one that wasn't sent by Clinton and wasn't on her server, was discovered in the course of ... something.
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Who's directing this election? M. Night Shyamalan?
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https://twitter.com/GrahamDavidA/status/792085787529674756

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Isn't this electioneering? Also the Clinton case was never closed so the GOP folk saying it is "re-opened" are incorrect.
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carey wrote:Isn't this electioneering? Also the Clinton case was never closed so the GOP folk saying it is "re-opened" are incorrect.
Maybe Trump was right and the election IS rigged. The twist though is that it is in his favor. This is very fishy and seems to be a deliberate attempt to cast doubt. My understanding is that these new emails have nothing to do with Clinton but are regarding Abedin and Weiner.
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Superbone wrote:
carey wrote:Isn't this electioneering? Also the Clinton case was never closed so the GOP folk saying it is "re-opened" are incorrect.
Maybe Trump was right and the election IS rigged. The twist though is that it is in his favor. This is very fishy and seems to be a deliberate attempt to cast doubt. My understanding is that these new emails have nothing to do with Clinton but are regarding Abedin and Weiner.
Dude, Trump is a white heterosexual male born into money. LIFE was rigged for that guy.
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Yeah, I thought this story was going to be a lot more than it was. It sounds like nothing, upon further inspection. I don't think it will sway many voters at this point. I think Trump is way too far behind for this to turn anything in his favor.

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I think Trump is way too far behind for this to turn anything in his favor.
We can only hope.

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Indy wrote:
I think Trump is way too far behind for this to turn anything in his favor.
We can only hope.
Her lead was somehow shrinking, down to around 3 points in most polls. I'm worried Mori that this will sway the tides. The fact that people can't see the terrifying ramifications of such a horrible dude being President has me questioning the fiber of the country we live in as a people. I hope as Indy hopes that the unthinkable doesn't happen and Donald Trump becomes our next POTUS.
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I was so sick of hearing about Benghazi and now I am so sick of hearing about her emails.

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I love how we rehash her emails and Benghazi, the same two things over and over again. Trump adds to his growing list by the day with new lunatic level atrocities but the email and Benghazi situation seem to continually overshadow it all.
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At this point, who gives a shit? Rather you care about the emails/benghazi or you don't. Is anybody's mind going to changed by more and more emails? If they are, they're even dumber than the current Trump supporters, which I didn't realize such humans existed.

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AmareIsGod wrote:I love how we rehash her emails and Benghazi, the same two things over and over again. Trump adds to his growing list by the day with new lunatic level atrocities but the email and Benghazi situation seem to continually overshadow it all.
Trump dazzles us with quantity. You can't just focus on one or two atrocities that come out of his mouth as there are too many and new ones every day.
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Well, Hillary did endorse Trump for a future presidency back in 2013, so it can't be all that surprising. This is too much. I wouldn't be surprised to see Trump win in a landslide.
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Is it 2020 yet?

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specialsauce wrote:Is it 2020 yet?
Let's all hope we make it to 2020.
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AmareIsGod wrote:
specialsauce wrote:Is it 2020 yet?
Let's all hope we make it to 2020.
Well, you know what they say, hindsight is 2020.
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AmareIsGod wrote:
specialsauce wrote:Is it 2020 yet?
Let's all hope we make it to 2020.
Scary because it's true

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