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To be honest though, other that people that own a red sweatter, people have probably decided by now with only what? 11 days left? everyones made up their mind I would think

The simple reality is that there's still very few people who care about her emails. The people who do care would never have voted for her anyway.

Comey's been very considerate of the fact it's election season for the past year. Him coming out and saying "yeah so there's so more emails and we're just gonna take a peak" sounds a lot better than a reporter saying "FBI found more emails and didn't look GOVERNMENT COVER UP!"

Apparently, these emails came from the Bureau's investigation into Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting to a minor in North Carolina.

Seriously, could this election get any worse?

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Apparently, these emails came from the Bureau's investigation into Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting to a minor in North Carolina.

Seriously, could this election get any worse?

Well, at least Anthony Weiner's back in the news!

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Apparently, these emails came from the Bureau's investigation into Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting to a minor in North Carolina.

Seriously, could this election get any worse?

Okay... I did a double-take because my thoughts went like:

wut? he was sexting Hillary too?!?!

But seriously... it's because of this:

Federal law enforcement officials said Friday that the new emails uncovered in the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server were discovered after the F.B.I. seized electronic devices belonging to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Mrs. Clinton, and her husband, Anthony Weiner.
The F.B.I. is investigating illicit text messages that Mr. Weiner sent to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. The bureau told Congress on Friday that it had uncovered new emails related to the Clinton case
...one federal official said they numbered in the thousands

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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

Maybe the FBI rank and file is pushing back the "no intent was found" in these investigations... and that there's something here.

 whembly wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

Maybe the FBI rank and file is pushing back the "no intent was found" in these investigations... and that there's something here.

Yeah, or what I said.

But go ahead, Whembly, you do you... I won't stand in your way!

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

Maybe the FBI rank and file is pushing back the "no intent was found" in these investigations... and that there's something here.

Yeah, or what I said.

But go ahead, Whembly, you do you... I won't stand in your way!

C'mon man... this is like the most Clinton thing ever!

HRC may get ding'ed for this because her right-hand woman's pervy husband was caught sexting teen girls with his hand down his pants on the same phone that his wife used?

I don't know what's worst... the fact that Weiner is sending pics of him grabbing his junk to teenage girls ON HIS WIFE'S PHONE... or, that all these sexting occured on his wife's phone that may have CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

The Onion/DuffleBlog couldn't write this any better....

Edit: I'm reading too fast... no where in that link states that the FBI found incriminating sexting on Abdin's devices by her husband... only that the FBI confiscated her devices as well.

Edit 2: this is me spit balling... why confiscate Abdin's device at all? Unless... they found some Classified info on Weiner's device sent by his wife? Seems strange...

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Apparently, these emails came from the Bureau's investigation into Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting to a minor in North Carolina.

Seriously, could this election get any worse?

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

Er so how is she linked?

 WrentheFaceless wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Apparently, these emails came from the Bureau's investigation into Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting to a minor in North Carolina.

Seriously, could this election get any worse?

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

Er so how is she linked?

Weiner's ex-wife is a top Clinton aide.

A bit more insight into the matter.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-to-re-open-investigation-into-hillary-clintons-email-server/ar-AAjx01q?ocid=ASUDHP

 BigWaaagh wrote:

 WrentheFaceless wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Apparently, these emails came from the Bureau's investigation into Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting to a minor in North Carolina.

Seriously, could this election get any worse?

EDIT: The word also is that they were not sent by Hillary Clinton, were not intentionally withheld from the Bureau during the original investigation, and did not come from her private email server.

Er so how is she linked?

Weiner's ex-wife is a top Clinton aide.

Seriously... can this year get any stranger?

Twittah is simply golden today:

#Schlonged! https://t.co/etBJE5IPYQ

— Brad Thor (@BradThor) October 28, 2016

Men ruin everything with their dicks https://t.co/vFLzBWDEpO

— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) October 28, 2016

“How did Trump win the election?”

“Well son, one truth we’ve learned is that no one expects Anthony Weiner’s penis… but it always appears.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) October 28, 2016

Okay seriously. A guy named Weiner is in a sexting scandal?

Honestly. At least Bill managed to not be so obvious XD

Trump's already making conciliatory gestures towards to FBI with the "renewed" investigation. Apparently, he also alluded to the fact that he maybe doesn't think the system is rigged anymore.

Great, a POTUS candidate with man-opause like mood swings. Just what the world needs at the helm of the largest economy and most powerful military. He reminds me of the kid in the cart that's crying like a banshee in Toys-R-Us because mom hasn't bought him every toy he is screaming out for and then immediately shuts up the minute mom caves and does the, "Okay, okay, you can have _____." He's nothing but a petulant and dangerous little child.

 LordofHats wrote:
Okay seriously. A guy named Weiner is in a sexting scandal?

Honestly. At least Bill managed to not be so obvious XD

I know right!

Agent #1 "Ugh. These emails. underwear pic, underwear pic, nude, underwear - wait... WTF is that!?!?!"

Agent #2 "That, my fellow agent, is classified information".

 whembly wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
Okay seriously. A guy named Weiner is in a sexting scandal?

Honestly. At least Bill managed to not be so obvious XD

I know right!

Agent #1 "Ugh. These emails. underwear pic, underwear pic, nude, underwear - wait... WTF is that!?!?!"

Agent #2 "That, my fellow agent, is classified information".

Or, you know, "junk" mail!

Heh... so, this is a big dealio.

The argument for HRC now is going to be that Donald Trump is so dangerous that it’s worth gambling your vote on her, even though she's under current criminal investigation.


Sigh... can this election season get any weirder?

The Democrat Opposition better drop their Trump opposition stuff now so that this doesn't dominate the weekend news....

This guy says hi!

 whembly wrote:
Heh... so, this is a big dealio.

The argument for HRC now is going to be that Donald Trump is so dangerous that it’s worth gambling your vote on her, even though she's under current criminal investigation.


Sigh... can this election season get any weirder?

The Democrat Opposition better drop their Trump opposition stuff now so that this doesn't dominate the weekend news....

This guy says hi!

Spoiler:

How is more of the same going to be a "big dealio"? Another device they've started looking at has some more emails, so, essentially more of the same which have already been reviewed ad nauseum and it's been determined that no intentional malice has been found. What do you think is going to be found now...a F-35 schematic cc'd to Kim Jong Un? C'mon! You're talking your book.

And to Gary, I say "Bye!".

 whembly wrote:
Heh... so, this is a big dealio.

Yes, emails not sent by Clinton, not intentionally withheld from the FBI, not from her personal server, and that we know nothing about are the biggest deal ever.

 whembly wrote:
This guy says hi!

Spoiler:

Sorry, that clown still isn't happening.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant and I cannot predict how long it will take to complete this additional work,

Translation: it'll take weeks to sort, and by then Clinton will be President elect, nobody has the appetite for this, nobody will launch impeachment proceedings, everybody is seeing which way the wind blows, and the conclusion will be the same as last time, with a slap off the wrist for HRC and a promise of "lessons learned" and "I'll never do it again."

And we'll all live happily ever after. Meanwhile, life in the USA will continue as it normally does, with a slight increase in tinfoil hat sales and Trump ranting about it on his new TV show, and HRC will be sitting in the Oval Office signing off on more drone strikes...

You have an obvious bias here. My own bias is to think that this was a political move made just before the election to raise the specter of emailghazi in the hope of affecting the election for the Republicans' benefit. There's nothing there and it will quietly fade away, but right now someone wants a "Crooked Hillary" story badly, and the media want the horse race.

An in news that surprised absolutely no one, Republicans announce continued obstructionism: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/politics/hillary-clinton-republicans-congress/index.html

I think they need to take a look at down ballot results before trying this again. Fortunately, the more rational are seeing how suicidal this could be. Unfortunately, I predict that the Trump effect will destroy moderate Republicans in purple areas but leave the red region extremists unscathed.

As stated, I did my voting earlier. After having used the machine, I'm going to have to agree: anybody complaining about their votes getting "switched" are liars seeking attention or are basically experiencing the classic "PEBKAC" error. Because it's very easy to select your straight party on the first page, and then accidentally change the individual selections on the later pages as you go through them if you're checking for races your party isn't in. It's a tablet kind of device, but with navigational buttons and wheel at the bottom:


Anyway, I obviously selected the straight Dem ticket to give the finger to this year's Republican Party. I went through and looked at all the other races. Many of the judicial positions were Rs running unopposed, but I did vote for the Libertarian running against the R for Sheriff.

A Libertarian Sheriff?

Dems are so worried about the "new" batch of emails discovered that they're asking for it to be "immediately released"...obviously a ploy to hide it until after the elec...oh, snap!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-campaign-chair-on-fbi-review-%e2%80%98immediately%e2%80%99-release-more-information/ar-AAjxAeI?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=ASUDHP


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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
A Libertarian Sheriff?

Easiest job in the world!

 Breotan wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
...nobody will launch impeachment proceedings...

She can't be impeached for this because she no longer holds office and any "crimes" discovered would have been committed prior to being elected President.

There you go then. Like I've said before, I'm not 100% with how things work in the USA, but nobody is going to charge HRC for this nonsense when the vote's only 2 weeks away.

Trump's only hope of winning is Clinton setting fire to the Declaration of Independence.


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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant and I cannot predict how long it will take to complete this additional work,

Translation: it'll take weeks to sort, and by then Clinton will be President elect, nobody has the appetite for this, nobody will launch impeachment proceedings, everybody is seeing which way the wind blows, and the conclusion will be the same as last time, with a slap off the wrist for HRC and a promise of "lessons learned" and "I'll never do it again."

And we'll all live happily ever after. Meanwhile, life in the USA will continue as it normally does, with a slight increase in tinfoil hat sales and Trump ranting about it on his new TV show, and HRC will be sitting in the Oval Office signing off on more drone strikes...

You have an obvious bias here. My own bias is to think that this was a political move made just before the election to raise the specter of emailghazi in the hope of affecting the election for the Republicans' benefit. There's nothing there and it will quietly fade away, but right now someone wants a "Crooked Hillary" story badly, and the media want the horse race.

If that's the case, then IMO the timing is bad. They shoulkd have done it before one of the debates to give Trump some ammo, but Trump was ranting about emails anyway, and Clinton brushed it off.

Those who want Trump will vote Trump regardless. Those who want Clinton won't be swayed by this.

In our EU referendum, Leave voters ignored every single piece of bad news and expert opinion about leaving the EU. And there were dozens of them.

When your mind is set, your mind is set...

 whembly wrote:
The argument for HRC now is going to be that Donald Trump is so dangerous that it’s worth gambling your vote on her, even though she's under current criminal investigation.

She isn't under criminal investigation.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
A Libertarian Sheriff?

Texas sheriffs in urban areas don't have much else to do besides run the county jail and provide bailiffs to the courts. It's in the rural counties where they really get to fill the law enforcement role. That's why it doesn't matter too much who is sheriff in Fort Worth.

 Ouze wrote:

 whembly wrote:
The argument for HRC now is going to be that Donald Trump is so dangerous that it’s worth gambling your vote on her, even though she's under current criminal investigation.

She isn't under criminal investigation.

When the only two acceptable scenarious are "the FBI didn't look at emails, they are in the pocket of the Clintona" and "the FBI is looking at emails, Hillary is GUILTY", it does limit your responses though.

 Ouze wrote:

 whembly wrote:
The argument for HRC now is going to be that Donald Trump is so dangerous that it’s worth gambling your vote on her, even though she's under current criminal investigation.

She isn't under criminal investigation.

FBI only does criminal investigations dude. There's no such think as "security review" or whatever Clintonian gibbergash.


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 BigWaaagh wrote:
Dems are so worried about the "new" batch of emails discovered that they're asking for it to be "immediately released"...obviously a ploy to hide it until after the elec...oh, snap!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-campaign-chair-on-fbi-review-%e2%80%98immediately%e2%80%99-release-more-information/ar-AAjxAeI?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=ASUDHP

... irony is fething dead.

The Clinton Campaign is demanding transparency?

O.o


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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Heh... so, this is a big dealio.

Yes, emails not sent by Clinton, not intentionally withheld from the FBI, not from her personal server, and that we know nothing about are the biggest deal ever.

Comey had to inform Congress that in light of an unlinked investigation, the FBI found more pertinant evidence regarding the Emailgate investigations.

That tells me 2 things at least:
1) That they didn't even check Abelin's current device during their summer investigation doesn't support the idea that the FBI did their "due diligence".

2) To even GET to this point, that evidence needed to be something REALLY compelling to force Dir Comey to inform Congress that they discovered "new information" regarding their Emailgate investigation.

 whembly wrote:
This guy says hi!

Spoiler:

Sorry, that clown still isn't happening.

I know homie... he's still waving at everyone.


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Now... the Trump sex tape with a horse is about to come out... yes?

The last time they found thousands of new emails, it ended up being less than 10 I think?

 whembly wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
Okay seriously. A guy named Weiner is in a sexting scandal?

Honestly. At least Bill managed to not be so obvious XD

I know right!

Agent #1 "Ugh. These emails. underwear pic, underwear pic, nude, underwear - wait... WTF is that!?!?!"

Agent #2 "That, my fellow agent, is classified information".

Mr Wiener likes to go by Carlos Danger while sexting

Frankly it's ridiculous to compare the Clintons, probably the most investigated and media analysed couple on the planet, with Trump who has a tight control on media access and information about his various affairs, violent outbursts and so on.