Top Items:
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:
Raw Story, Daily Kos, Independent Journal Review, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Politicus USA, CANNONFIRE and Balloon Juice
RELATED:
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:
Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politico
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.
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
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.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hillary only has herself to blame for the mess she's in — MORE FROM: — We must forgive Mark Twain for his error when he declared that “history never repeats itself but it often rhymes.” After all, he'd never met the Clintons. — If Twain were alive now, he would be astonished …
Bloomberg:
Clinton's Attacking Strategy to Blunt Comey Damage Has Risks — FBI Director said to have acted over Lynch's objections — Trump says ‘very serious things’ must have prompted Comey — Hillary Clinton's campaign hopes its unusually swift response to revelations about a fresh FBI investigation …
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 — Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she is unsure how her emails could have ended up on a device she viewed as her husband's computer, the seizure of which has reignited …
Discussion:
alan.com, twitchy.com, AOL, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and Guardian
Matthew Miller / Washington Post:
James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again
James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Politicus USA, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Root, New York Times and Mediaite
CNN:
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and twitchy.com
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice officials warned FBI that Comey's decision to update Congress was not consistent with department policy
Justice officials warned FBI that Comey's decision to update Congress was not consistent with department policy
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, John Podesta, AOL, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Balloon Juice, Business Insider, PredictWise, NBC News, Politico, RedState, The New Civil Rights Movement, Occupy Democrats, twitchy.com, NPR, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Discussion:
Associated Press and Patterico's Pontifications
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Four Ways Forward For Clinton After The FBI News
Election Update: Four Ways Forward For Clinton After The FBI News
Discussion:
Electoral-vote.com, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Observer
Maia Davis / ABC News:
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director for Going ‘Light on Facts, Heavy on Innuendo’ in Letter on Email Probe
Discussion:
Mediaite
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’
Carl Bernstein: FBI review ‘a real bombshell’
Discussion:
Independent Journal Review
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
EXCLUSIVE: Comey memo to FBI staffers says election, timing required disclosure of renewed probe
Discussion:
BizPac Review, Independent Journal Review, Fox News Insider, CNN, The Week, Scripting News and Townhall.com
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides
Discussion:
New York Times, BizPac Review and Gothamist
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:
NBC News, Towleroad, BuzzFeed and The New Civil Rights Movement
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, Politicus USA, Patterico's Pontifications, alan.com, Balloon Juice and Joe.My.God.
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
David Mastio / USA Today:
The Clinton-Weiner email conspiracy: David Mastio — The 2016 campaign only makes sense if Hillary and Donald are both fighting to stay out of office. — Over and over during the 2016 presidential campaign, one thought keeps occurring to me: The only way this plot makes sense …