The New York Times is reporting that the source of the new emails is Anthony Weiner. The FBI is investigating him for sexting with a 15 year old. According to the Times, the FBI found "thousands" of emails on his devices which he shared with his wife Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton's two closest aides.
If there are thousands of emails in this latest batch, it will take more than two weeks to bring the investigation to a close. We won't get any clear resolution until after the election. That means that for the first time in history, America will have a major party presidential candidate who is under active investigation by the FBI on election day.
Meanwhile, John Podesta, Hillary's campaign chairman has called on the FBI to release all the information that it has on this latest episode. It won't happen, however, as Podesta clearly knows. The FBI cannot release private emails from an investigation and it won't release progress reports on an ongoing investigation. Podesta's call for openness here is just a ploy.
For more than a year, this election has been bizarre. Every time it seems to be moving into a more conventional mode, something else happens. Most likely, it will just keep getting worse. It won't surprise me if tomorrow the Clinton campaign charges that Russian hackers put all these emails on the Weiner devices just to hurt Hillary.
If there are thousands of emails in this latest batch, it will take more than two weeks to bring the investigation to a close. We won't get any clear resolution until after the election. That means that for the first time in history, America will have a major party presidential candidate who is under active investigation by the FBI on election day.
Meanwhile, John Podesta, Hillary's campaign chairman has called on the FBI to release all the information that it has on this latest episode. It won't happen, however, as Podesta clearly knows. The FBI cannot release private emails from an investigation and it won't release progress reports on an ongoing investigation. Podesta's call for openness here is just a ploy.
For more than a year, this election has been bizarre. Every time it seems to be moving into a more conventional mode, something else happens. Most likely, it will just keep getting worse. It won't surprise me if tomorrow the Clinton campaign charges that Russian hackers put all these emails on the Weiner devices just to hurt Hillary.
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