red states rule
10-30-2016, 04:55 AM
Seems AG Lynch is still protecting Hillary and trying to shield her from facing justice
When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress (https://www.yahoo.com/news/clinton-campaign-hits-fbi-director-comey-for-email-announcement-173838293.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma) on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, agents had not been able to review any of the material, because the bureau had not yet gotten a search warrant to read them, three government officials who have been briefed on the probe told Yahoo News.
At the time Comey wrote the letter, “he had no idea what was in the content of the emails,” one of the officials said, referring to recently discovered emails that were found on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-new-clinton-emails-under-fbi-review-came-from-anthony-weiner-investigation-195909998.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma), the estranged husband (https://www.yahoo.com/news/huma-abedin-anthony-weiner-000000126.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma) of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.
As of Saturday night, the FBI was still in talks with the Justice Department about obtaining a warrant that would allow agency officials to read any of the newly discovered Abedin emails, and therefore was still in the dark about whether they include any classified material that the bureau has not already seen.
“We do not have a warrant,” a senior law enforcement official said. “Discussions are under way [between the FBI and the Justice Department] as to the best way to move forward.”
That Comey and other senior FBI officials were not aware of what was in the emails — and whether they contained any material the FBI had not already obtained — is important because Donald Trump’s campaign and Republicans in Congress have suggested (https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-cheers-fbis-renewed-look-at-clinton-emails-182842498.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma) that the FBI director would not have written his letter unless he had been made aware of significant new emails that might justify reopening the investigation into the Clinton server.
But a message that Comey wrote to all FBI agents Friday seeking to explain his decision to write the controversial letter strongly hinted that investigators did not not yet have legal authority establishing “probable cause” to review the content of Abedin’s emails on Weiner’s electronic devices.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/comey-wrote-bombshell-letter-to-congress-before-fbi-had-reviewed-new-emails-220219586.html
When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress (https://www.yahoo.com/news/clinton-campaign-hits-fbi-director-comey-for-email-announcement-173838293.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma) on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, agents had not been able to review any of the material, because the bureau had not yet gotten a search warrant to read them, three government officials who have been briefed on the probe told Yahoo News.
At the time Comey wrote the letter, “he had no idea what was in the content of the emails,” one of the officials said, referring to recently discovered emails that were found on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-new-clinton-emails-under-fbi-review-came-from-anthony-weiner-investigation-195909998.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma), the estranged husband (https://www.yahoo.com/news/huma-abedin-anthony-weiner-000000126.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma) of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.
As of Saturday night, the FBI was still in talks with the Justice Department about obtaining a warrant that would allow agency officials to read any of the newly discovered Abedin emails, and therefore was still in the dark about whether they include any classified material that the bureau has not already seen.
“We do not have a warrant,” a senior law enforcement official said. “Discussions are under way [between the FBI and the Justice Department] as to the best way to move forward.”
That Comey and other senior FBI officials were not aware of what was in the emails — and whether they contained any material the FBI had not already obtained — is important because Donald Trump’s campaign and Republicans in Congress have suggested (https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-cheers-fbis-renewed-look-at-clinton-emails-182842498.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma) that the FBI director would not have written his letter unless he had been made aware of significant new emails that might justify reopening the investigation into the Clinton server.
But a message that Comey wrote to all FBI agents Friday seeking to explain his decision to write the controversial letter strongly hinted that investigators did not not yet have legal authority establishing “probable cause” to review the content of Abedin’s emails on Weiner’s electronic devices.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/comey-wrote-bombshell-letter-to-congress-before-fbi-had-reviewed-new-emails-220219586.html