memeorandum: Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey (CNN)

3:40 AM ET, October 30, 2016

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:

Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe — When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server …

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Raw Story, Politicus USA and Balloon Juice

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 …

The Daily Beast:

Huma Abedin Swore Under Oath She Gave Up ‘All the Devices’ With State Dept. Emails — In a normal election year, a normal candidate's close aide who caused even minor embarrassment to a campaign so near to Election Day would be whisked away as quickly as possible to avoid becoming a distraction.

Discussion: Fox News and Independent Journal Review

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Just a Few Days — Last night I noted that current news reporting suggests that the FBI has not even determined whether any of the Huma Abedin emails are new - i.e., they have not confirmed how many if any were not already produced and scrutinized by the FBI in the investigation that ended in July.

Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:

‘Put it all out on the table’: Hillary ramps up her war with FBI director Comey as she hits out at his ‘strange, unprecedented and deeply troubling’ decision to announce reopening of email probe — Hillary Clinton took her war against FBI Director James Comey right to her own supporters Saturday …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

New York Times:

Justice Dept. Strongly Discouraged Comey on Move in Clinton Email Case — The day before the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, sent a letter to Congress announcing that new evidence had been discovered that may be related to the completed Hillary Clinton email investigation …

Discussion: Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politico

CNN:

Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey — “It's pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election,” Clinton said — (CNN)Hillary Clinton on Saturday questioned FBI Director James Comey's decision to write to congressional leaders …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and twitchy.com

Matthew Miller / Washington Post:

James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again — Matthew Miller was director of the Justice Department's public affairs office from 2009 to 2011. — FBI Director James B. Comey's stunning announcement that he has directed investigators to begin reviewing new evidence …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politicus USA, The Root, New York Times and Mediaite

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she doesn't know how her emails wound up on her husband's computer

Discussion: twitchy.com and Talking Points Memo

Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Dems train fire on Comey

Discussion: Hot Air

New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’

Discussion: American Thinker, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Hill, AOL, Observer, Bloomberg, Media Matters for America, twitchy.com, Law News and Vox

Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’

Discussion: Associated Press and Patterico's Pontifications

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’

Discussion: Independent Journal Review

Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides

Discussion: New York Times, BizPac Review, Bloomberg and Slate

The Hill:
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp

Discussion: The Huffington Post, ABC News, Power Line and Vox Popoli

Maia Davis / ABC News:
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Mediaite

Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet

Discussion: Washington Post

Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe

Discussion: BizPac Review, Fox News Insider, Independent Journal Review, CNN, Scripting News, The Week, Townhall.com and Infowars

Mike Levine / ABC News:
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review

Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report

Discussion: Lawfare, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Vox, Hot Air, Business Insider, RedState, Guardian, BizPac Review, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Towleroad, Talking Points Memo, New Yorker, The Gateway Pundit, Booman Tribune and alan.com

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

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Politico, RedState, Hullabaloo, BizPac Review, Gothamist, Newsweek and Mediaite

David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words. — In the fall of 1996, a charity called the Association to Benefit Children held a ribbon-cutting in Manhattan for a new nursery school serving children with AIDS. The bold-faced names took seats up front.

Discussion: Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, Politicus USA, alan.com, Balloon Juice and Joe.My.God.

Chad Griffin:

An Open Letter: HRC Revokes Endorsement Following Senator Mark Kirk's Racist Comments — After careful consideration, HRC's Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors has taken the unprecedented step—a first in our 36-year history—of revoking an endorsement.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, NBC News, Towleroad and The New Civil Rights Movement

BostonGlobe.com:

Law firm ‘bonuses’ tied to political donations — Jon Tester didn't come all the way from Montana for the scrambled eggs and bacon. The US senator, virtually unknown in Boston, was in a conference room at the Thornton Law Firm that June morning to cash in at one of the most reliable stops …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:

Donald Trump Questions Veracity of Ballot Counting in Colorado — GOLDEN, Colo. — Donald J. Trump has found a new reason to question the legitimacy of the 2016 election — ballots — and he wasted little time here on Saturday before taking issue with the voting system in this largely vote-by-mail state.

Discussion: Iowa Public Radio

Sam Wang / New York Times:

Why Trump Stays Afloat — In one of the most emotionally wrenching presidential races in living memory, Donald J. Trump's support is as level as a pond. In polls, it is holding steady around 41 percent, right where it was after the first debate in late September.

Discussion: Princeton Election Consortium

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, AOL, The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe.My.God., Politico and The Hill

Steven Shepard / Politico:
National poll: Clinton leads Trump by 2 points

Discussion: The Week and alan.com

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.