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FBI reopens investigation into Clinton email use

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UglyCasanova said:
Ok well in that case there was a significant enough development to warrant a statement such as this. Something did happen. Whether that is something that was an email release, something new they found, their hands being forced due to internal insurrection so to speak, blackmail from WikiLeaks or someone else to do their job or they release the additional emails for them, etc we don't know. What we do know is they don't do something like this a week before a presidential election unless there was something significant going on.
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Yep, my thoughts as well. I have no idea what that "something significant" might turn out to be, but there's clearly something going on that triggered them making it known that they are investigating further. Whether the investigation was previously technically closed or not, everyone had been told essentially the matter was closed. Now it turns out they have reason to dig further again. Who knows what they found. With the myriad of entanglements with bill clinton inc, the clinton foundation and other shady organizations, it could be anything.
 
UglyCasanova said:
Ok well in that case there was a significant enough development to warrant a statement such as this. Something did happen. Whether that is something that was an email release, something new they found, their hands being forced due to internal insurrection so to speak, blackmail from WikiLeaks or someone else to do their job or they release the additional emails for them, etc we don't know. What we do know is they don't do something like this a week before a presidential election unless there was something significant going on.
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We do know what that 'something' was, it said so right in the statement. As part of other work they were doing they discovered some new emails that were pertinent to Clinton's case. Because he had testified to Congress that they had gone through them all he thought it was important to notify them.

You guys are very likely going to be baffled yet again when this turns out to be nothing important.
 
PokerGuy said:
Yep, my thoughts as well. I have no idea what that "something significant" might turn out to be, but there's clearly something going on that triggered them making it known that they are investigating further. Whether the investigation was previously technically closed or not, everyone had been told essentially the matter was closed. Now it turns out they have reason to dig further again. Who knows what they found. With the myriad of entanglements with bill clinton inc, the clinton foundation and other shady organizations, it could be anything.
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They aren't digging further though, they are just checking emails for classified information that they hadn't checked before. You guys want something nefarious to be true so so badly you can taste it.

It's pretty weird to be actively wishing for the next president to be enmeshed in some sort of scandal because you don't like them.
 
fskimospy said:
We do know what that 'something' was, it said so right in the statement. As part of other work they were doing they discovered some new emails that were pertinent to Clinton's case. Because he had testified to Congress that they had gone through them all he thought it was important to notify them.
You guys are very likely going to be baffled yet again when this turns out to be nothing important.
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Then they'll cry "rigged" again. Plus now he has pissed off the Democrats by injecting himself into politics 11 days before the election, which is not what the FBI should be doing.
That's why you don't comment on investigations unless and until you are bringing charges. Comey stepped in it trying to have it both ways, not charge, but chastise, which is not his job. And by trying to extricate himself he keeps getting even more stuck.
 
UglyCasanova said:
Not one WikiLeaks email has been shown to be fraudulent. Show me where the Clinton Campaign or anyone else has given an example of one that was not 100% accurate?

Did the Russians acquire them? Maybe, maybe not. Just like in the case of Snowden, government transparency is a good thing. If they came from Russia then we should all think about the motives of that, but then don't discount the truth that was laid before us either. Willful blinders due to the (supposed) messenger is ignorance.
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that's how they get you! get you to be all confident and trusting all their sources and then BAM! "Hillary is Alien because Wikileaks E-mails Reveal Secret Conspiracy Coverup of Ancient Mars Birth"

and then the world ends.
 
PokerGuy said:
Yeah, all those people investing hundreds of billions know nothing, if only they were as smart as you! 😉
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Well, apparently many don't know anything. My broker/ financial adviser, as well hundreds of others totally missed that cattle futures deal from a few years ago A deal that was available to all. #S
 
UglyCasanova said:
Not one WikiLeaks email has been shown to be fraudulent. Show me where the Clinton Campaign or anyone else has given an example of one that was not 100% accurate?

Did the Russians acquire them? Maybe, maybe not. Just like in the case of Snowden, government transparency is a good thing. If they came from Russia then we should all think about the motives of that, but then don't discount the truth that was laid before us either. Willful blinders due to the (supposed) messenger is ignorance.
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Can you tell me what a private organization like the DNC has to do with the government?
 
wtf... sounds like these emails were uncovered while the FBI was investigating Weiner, who I'd assume wouldn't even have access to send HRC classified intelligence.
 
senseamp said:
FBI should investigate and either bring or not bring charges. Not give updates to politicians to be used in campaigns, especially 11 days before an election.
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Maybe they were trying to keep it quiet and had to make an official statement due to a potential leak? Comey handled round one professionally. No reason to question his ability to do so again. The timing couldn't be worse, especially if this results in a Trump presidency.
 
loki8481 said:
wtf... sounds like these emails were uncovered while the FBI was investigating Weiner, who I'd assume wouldn't even have access to send HRC classified intelligence.
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People have always assumed that Clinton was innocent, regardless of her inability and decision making. The same goes for Trump.

Who cares about this investigation, she's been guilty from the start.
 
Starbuck1975 said:
Maybe they were trying to keep it quiet and had to make an official statement due to a potential leak? Comey handled round one professionally. No reason to question his ability to do so again. The timing couldn't be worse, especially if this results in a Trump presidency.
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He did not handle round one professionally. His profession is to investigate, and then bring charges if a crime can be proven or not bring charges if it can't. It's not his profession to publicly chastise people who he decided to not bring charges against. His profession is not to try to make everyone happy by splitting the difference. That's a politician's profession.
Also, is pandering to blackmail his profession too?
 
Unless Weiner was outed as a double agent and the sexting was a brilliant decoy, it's likely this connects back to hilary's closest advisor Huma. It will be interesting to see if huma gets thrown under the bus. (Literally)
 
senseamp said:
He did not handle round one professionally. His profession is to investigate, and then bring charges if a crime can be proven or not bring charges if it can't. It's not his profession to publicly chastise people who he decided to not bring charges against. His profession is not to try to make everyone happy by splitting the difference. That's a politician's profession.
Also, is pandering to blackmail his profession too?
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Omg, wow! The only way she isn't in jail is because he said she was extremely careless, but had no bad intentions.
 
senseamp said:
He did not handle round one professionally. His profession is to investigate, and then bring charges if a crime can be proven or not bring charges if it can't. It's not his profession to publicly chastise people who he decided to not bring charges against. His profession is not to try to make everyone happy by splitting the difference. That's a politician's profession.
Also, is pandering to blackmail his profession too?
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What is the blackmail angle? My understanding is that investigations into Weiner exposed emails in scope for the Clinton investigation.
 
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