FBI director James Comey sent a letter to congressional leaders on Friday informing them of
the
existence of new emails that could be relevant to the agency’s
investigation into Clinton’s private email use four months after
clearing Hillary of any 'wrong doing in use of private email servers
while secretary of state' .
At
the time (July), Comey called Clinton "extremely careless" for the way
she handled confidential information, but indicated there would be no
criminal charges filed in the case.
The letter on Friday
also stated that the FBI was now assessing “whether or not this
material may be significant” and if they contained classified
information.
The
emails according to the FBI, were found on the electronic devices of
top Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her separated husband, former
Congressman Anthony Weiner, who was being investigated by the FBI
separately for his sexting practices.
'Some of you may have heard about a letter [from] the FBI director,” Clinton said at a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday, while the crowd booed.
“If
you’re like me, you probably have a few questions about it. It is
pretty strange -- it’s pretty strange to put something like that out
with such little information right before an election.”
She also blasted Donald Trump, saying he'll seize on the opportunity to 'confuse the American people'
“He is doing his best to confuse, mislead and discourage the American people,”. “I think it is time for Donald Trump to stop fear-mongering, to stop disgracing himself, to stop attacking our democracy. We can’t let him get away with this.”
Top members of her campaign organization also blasted the FBI's decision to send the letter with barely nine days to the US presidential election.
John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman characterized Comey’s letter as “long on innuendo and short on facts,” adding that the campaign stood by Abedin and that the emails weren't about Hillary.
“There’s no evidence of wrongdoing, no charge of wrongdoing, no indication that this was even about Hillary,” he said.
Trump in response to the FBI letter , praised them for finally coming for Hillary and also suggesting the Department of Justice was trying to protect Hillary Clinton.
“As you’ve heard, it was just announced yesterday that the FBI is reopening their investigation into the criminal conduct and the illegal conduct of Hillary Clinton,” Trump said. “Hillary has nobody but herself to blame for her mounting legal difficulties,” he said.
“Her
criminal action was willful, deliberate, intentional and purposeful,”
he continued. “Hillary set up an illegal server for the obvious purpose
of shielding her criminal conduct from public disclosure and exposure,”
he said, “knowing full well that her actions put our national security
at risk. Hillary
Clinton’s corruption is corrosive to the soul of our nation and it must
be stopped,” he said. 'Haven't we had enough of the Clinton's?
“As
John Podesta said, Clinton's got bad instincts' “Well, she’s got bad
instincts when her emails are on Anthony Weiner’s wherever,” Trump added
suggestively.
'The
Department of Justice is trying so hard to protect Hillary," Trump
declared. "There are those — and I happen to be one of them — who think
Hillary Clinton offered Loretta Lynch a reappointment as attorney
general."
"Folks,
we're living in a third-world country. This has never happened before.
This is the lowest point in terms of our judicial system. This is the
lowest point in the history of our country. Remember that. And when I
talk about a rigged system, let's see what happens," he added.
“It might not be as rigged as I thought, right?” said Trump. “The FBI, I think they are going to right the ship, folks. I think they are going to right the ship.”
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