FBI obtains warrant for Clinton-related emails

Posted by | October 30, 2016 19:01 | Filed under: Politics


Law enforcement officials say they now have a warrant to view the emails discovered on Anthony Weiner’s laptop that pertain to Hillary Clinton.

The warrant came two days after FBI director James Comey revealed the existence of the emails, which law-enforcement sources said were linked to Weiner’s estranged wife, top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

The FBI already had a warrant to search Weiner’s laptop, but that only applied to evidence of his allegedly illicit communications with an underage girl…

On Sunday, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid scolded Comey as well, saying in a letter that he “demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be clear intent to aid one political party over another.”

Reid added that his office determined that Comey may have violated the Hatch Act, which bars government officials from using their authority to influence elections.

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16 responses to FBI obtains warrant for Clinton-related emails

  1. kita123 October 30th, 2016 at 19:06

    I don’t care who you support in this election the actions of FBI Director Comey in handling this email and private server investigation has been off the tracks since his first comments in July. Then he offered up his opinions which was out of line and now he is sending letters to Congress about details he hasn’t even seen. He sent a letter suggesting their may be further details before securing the needed warrant to review the material today. How is this the right thing to do?

    • granpa.usthai October 30th, 2016 at 21:15

      it’s not. with all the white racist uprisings and proud boastings of who they have in government secretly aiding, abetting and openly violating numerous laws to provide them with military weapons given to law enforcement agencies around the country for the specified purpose of “fighting terrorist attacks’ the notable absence of any meaningful arrest and successful prosecution of open acts of armed sedition, it reeks of political corruption of the Federal Bureau of Investigations from the director all the way down to the most junior file clerk! The time has come for this ‘legal’ organized criminal department to be shut down and scattered to the 6 winds. Their only purpose since the early 1980’s has been to run the US Government in the same manner as the Gambino Family was structured and organized. Most republiCONs jumped on the bandwagon immediately and ever since Giuliani laid down the groundwork, republiCONs have done everything to ‘legalize’ their criminal enterprise – from crashing stock markets to rewarding total incompetent derelict orange LYING COWARDs with a billion dollar handout of US Taxpayers dollars and 18 years federal income tax exemption, ALL ‘legal’ according to rudy. While they slowly destroy America on the outside – jumping into endless military adventures to “protect US from terrorist” they gut the entire Republic from the inside by plundering the US Treasury for their personal offshore bank accounts and raise white racist conservative christian terrorist groups to attempt to terrorize or silence the American People.

      Just one of the many many reasons I have absolutely no trust in or support for the FBI or the republiCON party anymore and DO vote MOSTLY DEMOCRAT MOST OF THE TIME.

  2. Suzanne McFly October 30th, 2016 at 19:11

    That’s how we investigate citizens now? We threaten them, force them to turn over something someone can perceive as “evidence” and THEN get a warrant? WTF?!?!?!?!

    • granpa.usthai October 30th, 2016 at 21:25

      the patriot act gives them the authority to crush any threat they perceive that will diminish their ‘legal’ authority to rule OVER the people including arming white racist conservative christian terrorist groups with US Military weapons, reporting only to the republiCONs they deem to be necessary and any other thing that may help them to increase their offshore bank accounts.

      or so rudy will claim.

      I mean, go figure:

      A BILLION DOLLAR WRITE OFF!

      {PLUS}

      exempt from having to pay any federal income tax for 18 YEARS?

      an investment genius OR a f’ing ‘legal’ criminal fashioned CON JOB?

    • Comicus October 30th, 2016 at 23:37

      They already had it from their investigation into Weinergate. In order to look into anything not related to Mr. Weiner’s weiner, they needed a search warrant. Considering they’ve had it a long time, I wonder what took them so long to find those emails.

      • Suzanne McFly October 31st, 2016 at 07:23

        Maybe it was a find of “convenience”?

        • Comicus October 31st, 2016 at 20:20

          I wonder if Director Comey made a Faustian bargain.

          • Suzanne McFly October 31st, 2016 at 20:46

            Wouldn’t you need a soul to do that?

  3. Obewon October 30th, 2016 at 19:12

    Most see right through these empty GOP charades. FBI Dir Comey charged with violating The Hatch Act! “Within hours it was discovered that these emails were not from or to Hillary Clinton and were not on her server or on any of her devices.”-FBI Dir Comey must update & clarify. Via Ex-Bush WH ethics lawyer files Hatch act violation against Comey. http://www.alan.com/2016/10/30/ex-bush-wh-ethics-lawyer-files-hatch-act-violation-against-comey/

  4. mea_mark October 30th, 2016 at 19:15

    Just great, now they can spend who knows how many days, weeks, months, maybe years, going through 650,000 emails.

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957/

    • bpollen October 30th, 2016 at 23:28

      That is HORRIBLE email management. I know Wiener isn’t a lawyer, but has he never heard of EVIDENCE? When you are married and sending out dic picks, you’d think you wouldn’t KEEP that evidence right there when your wife can read it.

  5. Willys41 October 30th, 2016 at 19:18

    OK, I”m convinced. Hoover assassinated JFK.

    • granpa.usthai October 30th, 2016 at 21:31

      and I am convinced that the FBI has become nothing but another armed criminal organization ‘legalized’ by republiCON legislators laws that specifically benefit ONLY their fellow republiCONs as set up by Giuliani.

    • robert October 31st, 2016 at 01:54

      Nah LBJ had the SS take the day off shortly after JFKs limo made its way down the street.

  6. Warman1138 October 31st, 2016 at 05:54

    Comey sure seems to be well trained, and obedient when republicans are holding his leash and providing treats.

  7. Packy East (69-72) October 31st, 2016 at 06:42

    Is this not this the same James Comey (FBI-DIR) that stated that Mrs Clinton was “reckless & careless”? Well, it seems to me that this James Comey (FBI-DIR) is also “Reckless, Careless” in performing his own job and responsibilities! Let’s not forget the recent Homeland Terrorist Attacks under this same FBI-DIR watch, and the number of times the American public learned that the FBI was previously notified of concerns from family members of these attackers and NO follow up was done by the FBI on at least two (2) occasions. Maybe he sensed or knew that the Dems (if controlled Senate/Oval Office) would try to terminate his 10 years appointment and get someone who could actually do the job! Seems like James Comey has become the republican party’s “homey” to maybe save his own job.

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