memeorandum: Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise (Glenn Thrush/Politico)

11:15 AM ET, October 29, 2016

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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:

James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition — On Friday, James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting independently of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, sent a letter to Congress saying that the F.B.I. had discovered e-mails …

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New York Times:

Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton's Campaign — WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign was rocked on Friday after federal law enforcement officials said that emails pertinent to the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server were discovered …

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:

Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise — Hillary Clinton has never met a sunny day she completely trusted, and Friday proved why. — The front-running Democrat has always been weakest when protecting a lead, and, according to the people around her, chronically suspicious …

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Fox News:

EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe — FBI Director James Comey told his bureau he broke with custom in alerting lawmakers that the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server was being reopened because of its political sensitivity.

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The Hill:

Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp — 's allies were cast into a state of anger and disbelief over the FBI's stunning announcement that it is reviewing new emails “pertinent” to Clinton's use of a private email server. — That shocking development — revealed in a letter to Congress …

Los Angeles Times:

FBI says that emails found in Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal may have links to Clinton probe — FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in July. (Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency)

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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:

Read the letter Comey sent to FBI employees explaining his controversial decision on the Clinton email investigation — On Friday, FBI Director James B. Comey sent a letter to Congress saying the bureau is investigating additional emails that appear relevant to the Hillary Clinton email case.

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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Memo to the Press: What Comey's Letter Does and Doesn't Mean

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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
FBI Director James B. Comey under fire for his controversial decision on the Clinton email inquiry

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New York Times:
Emails Again, This Time With Anthony Weiner

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New York Times:
F.B.I. Chief James Comey Is in Political Crossfire Again Over Emails

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James B. Comey / Politico:
Full Text: FBI letter announcing new Clinton review

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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
FBI Reopening Clinton Email Investigation

Washington Post:
The damage Comey's bad timing could do

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Newsweek:
WHY FBI DIRECTOR MADE CLINTON EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT NOW

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New York Times:
‘This Changes Everything’: Donald Trump Exults as Hillary Clinton's Team Scrambles

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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: Observations on the FBI's Clinton email “reentry”

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Did Huma Commit Perjury?

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton can no longer coast to the win

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What the FBI Director's letter about the Clinton emails really says

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Burgess Everett / Politico: GOP Senate hopes brighten on FBI news

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's campaign sounds pretty angry with the FBI right now

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Washington Post:
Oct. 28 FBI letter to congressional leaders on Clinton email investigation

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Des Moines Register:

Voter fraud suspect arrested in Des Moines — A Des Moines woman has been arrested on suspicion of voting twice this month in the general election, police and court records show. — Terri Lynn Rote, 55, was booked into the Polk County Jail about 3:40 p.m. Thursday on a first-degree election …

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Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Someone Was Actually Arrested For In-Person Voter Fraud. She's A Trump Supporter.

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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Iowa GOP voter arrested for alleged voter fraud: report

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Gary Langer / ABC News:

Shift in the Electorate's Makeup Tightens the Presidential Contest (POLL) — It's a tale of two electorates in the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, with shifts in intended turnout moving a large advantage for Hillary Clinton a week ago to a far tighter 2016 presidential race today.

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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

Tracking poll: Trump within 2 points of Clinton nationally — has closed to within reach of Hillary Clinton — nationally, one tracking poll has found. — Clinton has 47 percent support to Trump's 45 percent, according to the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll released Saturday morning.

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Final Days — Trump's advisers are working hard to plan their own futures while riding out the roller-coaster end of the campaign. — “I'm on the battlefield right now, which is amazing,” Donald Trump said as he surveyed the Gettysburg National Military Park. “When you talk about historic, this is the whole ballgame.”

Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:

Video Shows Donald Trump Sexually Humiliating Woman Before Large Audience — He decided to take revenge on another former Miss Universe. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Revenge has been a fixture of Donald Trump's corporate speeches for years.

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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump's Entities, Family Rank High as Vendors to Campaign — GOP presidential candidate's airline, hotels, family members and allies listed in FEC report as receiving election spending — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's list of highest-paid campaign vendors is brimming with his own name.

Stacey Barchenger / Tennessean.com:

Eric Clapton sued by bluesman's estate in dispute over iconic song — Maybe you've heard the simple melody or the call-and-response lyrics to “Corrine, Corrina,” but likely it was a different version performed by the likes of Dylan, Haggard or Willie. — The widely covered blues …

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Bryan Anderson / Raleigh News & Observer:

Accused ‘thug’ escorted out of Trump's Kinston rally says he's actually a supporter — KINSTON — Nash County resident C.J. Cary arrived at the Kinston Jet Center Wednesday night in eager anticipation of a Donald Trump rally. — Cary says he wanted to deliver a note to Trump urging …

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