memeorandum: Comey's disclosure shocks former prosecutors (Isaac Arnsdorf/Politico)

12:45 PM 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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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:

Justice officials warned FBI that Comey's decision to update Congress was not consistent with department policy — Senior Justice Department officials warned the FBI that Director James B. Comey's decision to notify Congress about renewing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server …

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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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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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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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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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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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
FBI Found “Tens Of Thousands Of Emails” Belonging To Huma Abedin On Weiner's Laptop

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

Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM

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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Whatever they reveal, the new Weiner emails probably won't hurt Clinton. Tribalism reigns.

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

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

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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”

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

Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Comey's disclosure shocks former prosecutors

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Did Huma Commit Perjury?

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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. — Oh, sweet irony. — Donald Trump regularly claims that the presidential election is “rigged” against him, thanks in part to “all too common” instances of voter fraud. “Watch Philadelphia. Watch St. Louis.

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Sarah Boden / Iowa Public Radio:

Des Moines Woman Says She Voted Twice For Trump Because “The Polls Are Rigged” — A Des Moines woman has been charged with Election Misconduct, a Class D felony, after allegedly voting twice for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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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

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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.