In The News 28 October 2016

Weekend announcement: FBI to re-open investigation into Hillary Clinton emails

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey released a weekend statement Friday saying the FBI is going to continue a previously closed investigation into Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state in the Obama administration.

CNN reported that “‘In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation,’ Comey wrote in a letter released today.”

According to ABC News Friday, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said the following at a campaign rally in New Hampshire.

“The FBI has just sent a letter to Congress informing them that they have discovered new emails pertaining to the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s investigation,” Trump said. “And they are reopening the case into her criminal and illegal conduct that threatens the security of the United States of America.”

In July, Comey had said the FBI would not be recommending charges against Clinton. The director defended the decision before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Hillary for America Chair John Podesta released the following statement on Friday afternoon:

"Upon completing this investigation more than three months ago, FBI Director Comey declared no reasonable prosecutor would move forward with a case like this and added that it was not even a close call. In the months since, Donald Trump and his Republican allies have been baselessly second-guessing the FBI and, in both public and private, browbeating the career officials there to revisit their conclusion in a desperate attempt to harm Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

"FBI Director Comey should immediately provide the American public more information than is contained in the letter he sent to eight Republican committee chairmen. Already, we have seen characterizations that the FBI is 'reopening' an investigation but Comey's words do not match that characterization. Director Comey's letter refers to emails that have come to light in an unrelated case, but we have no idea what those emails are and the Director himself notes they may not even be significant. It is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election.”

U.S. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio issued the following statement on the FBI re-opening its investigation into Clinton’s handling of classified information: “The FBI director’s statement today is deeply troubling. It raises additional concerns about Secretary Clinton’s conduct and mishandling of classified information. This new investigation must be thorough and prompt. The American people deserve answers.”

For more information, go to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-to-conduct-new-investigation-of-emails-from-clintons-private-server/2016/10/28/0b1e9468-9d31-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews

 

 

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