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FBI Director James Comey Re-Opens Investigation into Hillary Clinton’s Emails
FBI Director James Comey announced on Friday that the Bureau would be re-opening its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State.
Comey sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee saying it had discovered new emails while working on an allegedly unrelated investigation. The intent of re-opening the investigation is to determine whether this new crop of emails contained any classified material.
In letter to Senate Judiciary Cmte, FBI Director Comey writes that FBI is investigating add’l emails that were discovered
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) October 28, 2016
“In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation … I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation,” he wrote.
In September, Comey defended his agency’s decision to not press criminal charges in the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email sever. Documents related to the case were released just before the Labor Day weekend and included a summary of Clinton’s July interview with the FBI about her private email server, as well as a detailed investigative summary of the case.
The FBI language in the letter to Congress makes clear that new evidence has been discovered and thus will be reviewed — meaning FBI agents will read these emails. It is unusual for the FBI to tell Congress it is looking over newly discovered evidence in a criminal inquiry that was otherwise closed.
Asked to respond, a top Clinton campaign spokesperson tells NBC News, “No idea.”
Here’s the letter from the FBI saying it is REOPENING Clinton email inquiry to see if there’s more classified info pic.twitter.com/N8nDvZWjnk
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 28, 2016
FBI Dir just informed me, “The FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.” Case reopened
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) October 28, 2016
.@PeteWilliamsNBC makes the key point: There would have to be pretty dramatic information in these emails to change the previous conclusion
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 28, 2016
Meanwhile, this sums it up.
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) October 28, 2016
The stock market took a dive after the news broke.
U.S. stocks slide following news of FBI probe into Clinton emails t.co/yCI6qvx1aW pic.twitter.com/ZLNqnSqhEA
— Bloomberg (@business) October 28, 2016
UPDATING…
Speaker Paul Ryan says Hillary Clinton should no longer receive classified briefings until the probe is concluded.
UPDATE: Paul Ryan calls for a suspension of all classified briefings for Hillary Clinton until email matters are fully resolved. pic.twitter.com/ntyTfR4zR5
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 28, 2016
Trump’s campaign is ecstatic.
A great day in our campaign just got even better. FBI reviewing new emails in Clinton probe @CNNPolitics t.co/WBltG2lAK6
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 28, 2016
Still no word on what “unrelated investigation” the emails were connected with.
Law enforcement sources tell @evanperez newly discovered emails not related to WikiLeaks or Clinton Fndtn. They wouldn’t describe content
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) October 28, 2016
Donald Trump hit the campaign trail in Manchester, New Hampshire shortly after the news broke, saying “this is bigger than Watergate.”
Trump: “This is bigger than Watergate. This is bigger than Watergate, in my opinion.” t.co/J54RiABFFl pic.twitter.com/rDPpOKNdzs
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 28, 2016
Reporters are still waiting for a response from Clinton’s team.
Reporters waiting for Hillary Clinton to step off her plane in Iowa shortly after FBI news broke. No comment from her team yet. pic.twitter.com/qPxSYPzB0F
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) October 28, 2016
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