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FBI: Review of new emails doesn't change conclusion on Clinton
By Eric Bradner, CNN
Updated 3:42 PM ET, Sun November 6, 2016
Ex-Bush AG: James Comey has made an error in judgement
Comey: FBI has not changed conclusions on Clinton
Comey adviser: He opted for transparency
Harry Reid accuses Comey of breaking the law
Robby Mook calls for fair treatment from the FBI
White House: Obama believes Comey has integrity
Clinton campaign manager blasts Comey letter
Comey: FBI has not changed conclusions on Clinton
Comey adviser: He opted for transparency
Harry Reid accuses Comey of breaking the law
Robby Mook calls for fair treatment from the FBI
White House: Obama believes Comey has integrity
Congressman calls on Comey to resign
Donald Trump: James Comey has guts
(CNN)FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn't changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails.
Comey had dropped a bombshell 11 days from the election when he informed Congress that the FBI had discovered emails in its separate investigation of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, that could be connected to its investigation of whether Clinton mishandled classified information by using a private email server.
The news could help Clinton put to rest a controversy that has dogged her in the 2016 race's closing days, helping Donald Trump narrow a polling gap nationally and in key battleground states.
"Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July," Comey said in the letter to top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said her campaign is validated in its belief that nothing would change.
"We were always confident nothing would cause the July decision to be revisited. Now Director Comey has confirmed it," tweeted Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon.
Comey's last-minute announcement gives Clinton an opportunity for an I-told-you-so moment -- but it's unlikely to undo the political damage of his initial announcement.
"We has seen Director Comey's latest letter to the Hill. We are glad to see that he has found, as we were confident that he would, that he had confirmed the conclusions he reached in July and we are glad that this mater is resolved," said Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's communications director, speaking with reporters after the news broke.
Trump and his allies have seized on that announcement, using it claim Clinton is likely to face criminal charges.
"If she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis," Trump claimed Saturday night in Reno, Nevada. "In that situation we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt."
The political benefit for Trump has been that Republicans who'd been skeptical of their party's nominee have largely followed vice presidential nominee Mike Pence's calls to "come home" to the party -- finding Trump less objectionable than Clinton.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that Comey's initial letter was "puzzling and troubling" -- pointing to news reports about politics at play within the FBI.
"But those are questions for later. We have to focus on making the case as to why Hillary will be the best president between now and when the polls close on Tuesday, November 8," Kaine said.
CNN's Jake Tapper contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/06/polit...s-not-changed-conclusions/index.html?adkey=bn
By Eric Bradner, CNN
Updated 3:42 PM ET, Sun November 6, 2016
Ex-Bush AG: James Comey has made an error in judgement
Comey: FBI has not changed conclusions on Clinton
Comey adviser: He opted for transparency
Harry Reid accuses Comey of breaking the law
Robby Mook calls for fair treatment from the FBI
White House: Obama believes Comey has integrity
Clinton campaign manager blasts Comey letter
Comey: FBI has not changed conclusions on Clinton
Comey adviser: He opted for transparency
Harry Reid accuses Comey of breaking the law
Robby Mook calls for fair treatment from the FBI
White House: Obama believes Comey has integrity
Congressman calls on Comey to resign
Donald Trump: James Comey has guts
(CNN)FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn't changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails.
Comey had dropped a bombshell 11 days from the election when he informed Congress that the FBI had discovered emails in its separate investigation of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, that could be connected to its investigation of whether Clinton mishandled classified information by using a private email server.
The news could help Clinton put to rest a controversy that has dogged her in the 2016 race's closing days, helping Donald Trump narrow a polling gap nationally and in key battleground states.
"Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July," Comey said in the letter to top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said her campaign is validated in its belief that nothing would change.
"We were always confident nothing would cause the July decision to be revisited. Now Director Comey has confirmed it," tweeted Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon.
Comey's last-minute announcement gives Clinton an opportunity for an I-told-you-so moment -- but it's unlikely to undo the political damage of his initial announcement.
"We has seen Director Comey's latest letter to the Hill. We are glad to see that he has found, as we were confident that he would, that he had confirmed the conclusions he reached in July and we are glad that this mater is resolved," said Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's communications director, speaking with reporters after the news broke.
Trump and his allies have seized on that announcement, using it claim Clinton is likely to face criminal charges.
"If she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis," Trump claimed Saturday night in Reno, Nevada. "In that situation we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt."
The political benefit for Trump has been that Republicans who'd been skeptical of their party's nominee have largely followed vice presidential nominee Mike Pence's calls to "come home" to the party -- finding Trump less objectionable than Clinton.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that Comey's initial letter was "puzzling and troubling" -- pointing to news reports about politics at play within the FBI.
"But those are questions for later. We have to focus on making the case as to why Hillary will be the best president between now and when the polls close on Tuesday, November 8," Kaine said.
CNN's Jake Tapper contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/06/polit...s-not-changed-conclusions/index.html?adkey=bn
I think one thing democrats and republicans can agree on is this Comey has no business in a position of any responsibility. He literally careens from one bizarre embarrassment to another.
Oh really? 3 days ago you lauded him and said you would suck his dick in appreciation of his timely present presented before Republicans. Lmao
Days ago all of you conservatives praised Comey as a God sent. The liberator. The one holding onto principles. Now, when he does he is turning into Satan incarnate. Is that a sin that you sucked Satan's cock?
Many have attempted to try to swallow all of me in and failed.