memeorandum: FBI reviewing new evidence in Clinton email probe (Madeline Conway/Politico)

3:45 PM ET, October 28, 2016

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

FBI to take new ‘investigative steps’ on Clinton emails — The FBI will investigate whether additional classified material is contained in emails sent using Hillary Clinton's private email server while she was sectretary of state, FBI director James Comey informed Congressional leaders Friday.

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Washington Monthly and Refinery29

NBC News:

FBI Says It Will Investigate New Hillary Clinton Emails — The FBI is reviewing a new batch of Hillary Clinton emails, bureau director James Comey said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday. — “In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence …

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Adam Goldman / New York Times:

New Emails in Clinton Case Came From Anthony Weiner's Electronic Devices — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials said Friday that the new emails uncovered in the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server were discovered after the F.B …

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

FBI reviewing new emails in Clinton probe — (CNN)FBI Director James Comey said Friday the bureau is reviewing new emails related to Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, according to a letter sent to eight congressional committee chairmen, a surprise development with 11 days until the election.

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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:

FBI Reopening Clinton Email Investigation — FBI Director James Comey released a statement today saying that the FBI is going to continue the previously closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state. — “In connection with an unrelated case …

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, House Judiciary Committee, Washington Post, Breitbart, RT, WRIC-TV, Mediaite and Fox News Insider

Madeline Conway / Politico:

FBI reviewing new evidence in Clinton email probe — The FBI on Friday dropped a bombshell on Hillary Clinton's campaign less than two weeks before Election Day, with director James Comey announcing that the agency is reviewing new evidence in its investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state.

Discussion: Fox News, Hit & Run, NPR, Political Insider blog, Fox News Insider and Media Matters for America

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:

October surprise: FBI opens new Clinton email investigation — The FBI on Friday said it is assessing new emails “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton — 's use of a private email server, a stunning and unexpected move that comes over a week before the presidential election.

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, RedState, Guardian, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, The Week, The Federalist and BizPac Review

Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:

FBI probing new Clinton emails — FBI director James Comey sends a letter to Capitol Hill regarding the investigation of new emails of Hillary Clinton. CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the details. — The FBI is probing new emails related to Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said in a Friday letter.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Townhall.com, WIS-TV, Infowars, WAVY-TV, LifeZette, WND, FOX 61, Law News, Washington Free Beacon and The Week

Bloomberg:
FBI Reopens Clinton E-Mail Probe Less Than 2 Weeks Before Vote

Discussion: Glamour and twitchy.com

Newsweek:
WHY FBI DIRECTOR MADE CLINTON EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT NOW

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politicus USA and Patterico's Pontifications

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI under pressure to provide more details

Discussion: Business Insider, Hot Air and Raw Story

The Cook Political Report:

New Electoral College Ratings: Texas and North Carolina Shift in Clinton's Favor — Less than two weeks before the election, Trump continues to struggle to lock down traditionally Republican states — even Texas and Utah — and lags behind Clinton in key battleground states he would need to win.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Scott Clement / Washington Post:

Clinton lead shrinks, even as nearly 6 in 10 expect her to win, Post-ABC tracking poll finds — Donald Trump has gained on Hillary Clinton during the past week, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll, solidifying support among core Republican groups as well as political independents.

Discussion: Hot Air, Breitbart, Independent Journal Review, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, Politicus USA, Scared Monkeys and Political Wire

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Americans are tuning out Trump's ugly lies. This new poll proves it. — THE MORNING PLUM: — Donald Trump actually said this on the campaign trail late yesterday: … Whether or not Trump was joking, his supporters greeted that remark with lusty cheers.

Discussion: alan.com and Associated Press

Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:

Oregon standoff defendants found not guilty in ‘unbelievable, truly astonishing’ verdict — A jury Thursday delivered a stunning across-the-board acquittal to the leaders and participants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation and a remarkable blow to the federal government …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Seattle Times, Common Dreams, The Hayride, Vox Popoli and The Crime Report

Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Juror 4: Oregon standoff prosecutors failed to prove ‘intent’ to impede federal workers

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Elkhorn Media Group, Associated Press and Raw Story

Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Bundy Brothers Acquitted in Takeover of Oregon Wildlife Refuge

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:

Trump will win the election and is more popular than Obama in 2008, AI system finds — Trump on course to win the election, AI system finds — The polls that put Hillary Clinton ahead Donald Trump are wrong... that's according to an AI system that's managed to predict the last three presidential elections correctly.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, The Gateway Pundit, Gothamist, BizPac Review and Vox Popoli

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Clinton eyes Biden for secretary of state — Joe Biden is at the top of the internal short list Hillary Clinton's transition team is preparing for her pick to be secretary of state, a source familiar with the planning tells POLITICO. — This would be the first major Cabinet candidate …

Mother Jones:

Nobody Puts Tammy Duckworth in a Corner — Her opponent in her race for Congress, Rep. Joe Walsh, calls Obama a “tyrant” and belittles her military service. Bring it on. — ADAM WEINSTEIN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012 ISSUE — WHEN I FIRST MEET TAMMY DUCKWORTH in her suburban Chicago campaign office …

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NBC News:
Illinois Senator Draws Fire for Racially Charged Attack on Opponent's Family

MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
GOP Senator Mark Kirk Apologizes After Jab at Opponent's Asian Heritage

Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump Adds $10 Million of His Own Money for Advertising — Cash infusion to buy $25 million in TV ads in key battleground states — Donald Trump, seeking to boost momentum in the last days of the presidential election, wired $10 million of his own money into his presidential campaign Friday morning, two advisers said.

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, Political Wire, Politico and Business Insider

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump isn't opening his checkbook to save his campaign

Discussion: RedState, The Stranger … and Talking Points Memo

ProPublica:

Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race — Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. — That's basically what Facebook is doing nowadays. — The ubiquitous social network …

Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Guardian, The Daily Caller, Consumerist, New York Magazine, Washington Free Beacon and Mashable

Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:

Professor who's predicted 30 years of presidential elections correctly is doubling down on a Trump win — Last month, the man who's tried to turn vote prediction into a science predicted a Trump win. — Allan J. Lichtman, distinguished professor of history at American University …

Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:

2006 Audio Emerges of Hillary Clinton Proposing Rigging Palestine Election — Unearthed tape: ‘We should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win’ — On September 5, 2006, Eli Chomsky was an editor and staff writer for the Jewish Press, and Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: The Week

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Even Trump's Kids Haven't Donated to His Campaign — With less than two weeks until the election, Donald Trump has amassed an impressive army of small donors, fueling his bid with individual contributions of $200 or less. But noticeably absent from the list of contributors is basically anyone …

Discussion: RedState, New York Magazine, Heat Street, The Week, Daily Kos and AOL

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Conservative Intellectual Crisis — I feel very lucky to have entered the conservative movement when I did, back in the 1980s and 1990s. I was working at National Review, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal's editorial page. The role models in front of us were people like Bill Buckley …

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Julia Ioffe / Politico:

‘We Are in for a Pretty Long Civil War’ — As the country geared up for the third and final presidential debate last week, the fellows of the storied conservative Hoover Institution gathered in Palo Alto to present their research to the think tank's wealthy patrons.

Discussion: New York Magazine and Hullabaloo

Eugene Scott / CNN:

Eric Garner's daughter blasts Clinton campaign after WikiLeaks emails — Washington (CNN)The daughter of a New York City man who died after he was put in a police chokehold blasted Hillary Clinton's campaign Thursday when WikiLeaks revealed email conversations about using her father's death to protest gun violence.

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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:

Hacker Behind Hollywood Nude Photo Leak Sentenced to 18 Months — Ryan Collins, 36, agreed to a plea deal earlier this year. — The man responsible for the 2014 nude photo leak that put dozens of Hollywood women's most private moments on public display will spend a year and a half in prison.

Discussion: Guardian, Engadget, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine and Refinery29

Arizona Republic:

Donald Trump Jr. comes to aid of Arizona motorist … As he was driving through Mesa from one campaign event to another on Thursday, the oldest son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made an unexpected stop to help a stuck driver. — “We were on our way from a rally …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, AOL, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, KTLA, WREG-TV, The Gateway Pundit and myfox8.com

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Levin: Megyn Kelly ‘auditioning’ to leave Fox News — Conservative talk show host Mark Levin on Thursday tore into Fox News's Megyn Kelly over her contentious interview this week with Newt Gingrich. — Levin, who railed against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump

Discussion: RedState

Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:

Wikileaks Email: Hillary Campaign Struggles to Reach “F**king Dumb” Young People — “That's the crap that young people pay attention to” — A new email released by Wikileaks as part of the Podesta dump features Hillary ally Wendy Bronfein advising Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta on how to reach “f**king dumb” young people.

Discussion: RT, The Gateway Pundit, Sputnik International, twitchy.com and WND

National Geographic:

Exclusive: Christ's Burial Place Exposed for First Time in Centuries — Restorers working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel uncover stone slab venerated as the resting place of Jesus Christ. — View Images — For the first time in centuries, scientists have exposed …

Discussion: neo-neocon, The Daily Caller, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, RealClearLife, ScienceAlert, USA Today, Sputnik International, Associated Press, AOL and The Week

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Trump takes aim at Ohio governor John Kasich: He's ‘not gotten over’ his primary defeat — Trump takes aim at Ohio governor John Kasich — (CNN)With fewer than two weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is going after John Kasich, criticizing the Ohio governor for not backing him after the Republican presidential primary.

Discussion: Politico