Well, at least, they're releasing the Amelia Earhart files...

[Jwar]

I think it is based on Wikileaks emails.

[Jwar]

So I just saw it's from her private server? I'm not sure. New emails that were there. Congress did serve the FBI, so it's possible they had forced their hand in re-opening.

[Chankgeez]

No doubt there're Republicans involved.

[snipelfritz]

Just, ugh...

[D.o.S.]

Well, to the shock of everyone (I'm sure), Jwar probably doesn't have his facts straight on something political:

BREAKING: US official: Newly discovered emails related to Clinton investigation did not come from her private server.

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/ ... 9190316032

Saw this somewhere else, I feel about the same:

the FBI is stung by getting labeled as partisan because conservatives didn't get the result they wanted - there were some memos Comey wrote clearly indicating he was angry about that - so Comey moved ASAP after finding out about the new emails (yesterday, according to the letter). If it came out post-election that they knew for 2 weeks but dragged their heels they'd take a ton of flak from the right, and with some justification.

[Jwar]

Well, to the shock of everyone (I'm sure), Jwar probably doesn't have his facts straight on something political:

BREAKING: US official: Newly discovered emails related to Clinton investigation did not come from her private server.

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/ ... 9190316032

Saw this somewhere else, I feel about the same:

the FBI is stung by getting labeled as partisan because conservatives didn't get the result they wanted - there were some memos Comey wrote clearly indicating he was angry about that - so Comey moved ASAP after finding out about the new emails (yesterday, according to the letter). If it came out post-election that they knew for 2 weeks but dragged their heels they'd take a ton of flak from the right, and with some justification.

Yea since I related what I read, that made me wrong and not the source, which wasn't me.

I was just sharing what I read and it is pretty odd with 11 days in the election to go regardless of where they came from.

[D.o.S.]

Annnnd it's about Anthony Weiner.

The New York Times reports new emails found by the FBI related to its closed investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server came from devices owned by Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin, a Clinton aide. FBI Director James Comey notified Congress on Friday that the bureau had recovered emails in "connection with an unrelated case...that appear to be pertinent to the investigation" into Clinton's private server. The FBI closed its investigation this summer after finding no crime had occured.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/201 ... einer.html

The NYT piece is behind a paywall.

[D.o.S.]

I didn't say you were wrong. I said you don't have your facts straight. For fuck's sake man get it together.


Aaaaand he's a decent synopsis:

Why did FBI Director James Comey shock Washington on Friday with an announcement that the FBI “has learned of the existence of emails” related to Hillary Clinton’s private email server, and what does it mean?

The truth is Comey didn’t have a choice. Because the new information followed his sworn testimony about the case, Comey was obligated by Department of Justice rules to keep the relevant committees apprised.

Under oath Comey had stated that the bureau had completed its review. Once he learned that there were new emails that required examination, Comey had to notify Congress that he had to amend his testimony because it was no longer true.

Comey’s letter doesn’t say his agents have discovered new witnesses or documents suggesting a criminal act occurred. Rather, he only suggests that evidence that had not yet been examined and, because it was relevant to the case, needs to be reviewed.

There’s also a political dimension. Had Comey not told Congress and it emerged after the election that new materials had come into its possession, the director and his entire agency’s credibility might have been questioned.

In his letter, Comey did not use the phrase being touted by Republicans that the case had been reopened. Technically it was never closed. Nor did he signal at all about the importance or unimportance about the emails.

“In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation,” he said in a letter he sent to congressional committee chairs. “Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work, I believe it is important to update you.”

http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-reviewing-m ... ils-514825

First bolded bit for the 11 days angle.

Second bolded bit for the "reopened" angle.

[snipelfritz]

Dammit Wiener!

You could've been great. But somehow you're still fucking everything up!

[D.o.S.]

I mean if Hillary was one-tenth as corrupt as some members here have asserted he would have been buried without a trace years ago.

But, you know, details.

[Jwar]

Dos you know I love you.

So I think Hillary may not be corrupt like I originally have said but perhaps careless at times.

During the final debate she released our nuclear reaction time, which she was using to make a point. However the information is not supposed to be open to the entire world! Lol.

Now to me this is pertinent information because it could sway voters. Let's say it's nothing, well we won't know that in time and data has suggested a ton of voters do not trust her. So to me this could be the end for her.

Or she could get elected, the FBI does conclude that something was improperly handled enough to indict her. She is impeached and jailed.

Or!!! Nothing happens and the people still vote the way they were planning because they hate Trump so much.

There are so many unknowns in this.

This is a scary and historical time for this country. I hope we can pull our heads out of our asses and get through this.

[D.o.S.]

[Jwar]

not that I'm voting with you guys, but even if hillary did do all those fuckups I'd still vote for her over drumpf.

Well we are in a shit pickle man regardless. LOL!!!

I'm waiting until Nov. 8th because last election people were almost getting in fist fights in the parking lot. I vote in person for the hilarity factor. I anticipate a shit show at voting centers. At this point I'm only in it for the entertainment. My country is fucked. So I might as well enjoy what I can.

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, it's not like we've got much of a choice.

[snipelfritz]

Shit Pickle Man = worst superhero.