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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 …
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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 …
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Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Refinery29 and Blue Virginia
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.
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Washington Post, The Lid and The Right Scoop
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 …
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Politicus USA, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
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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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM — The disclosure by the Federal Bureau of Investigation late on Friday, October 28 that it had discovered potential new evidence in its inquiry into Hillary Clinton's handling of her personal email when she was Secretary …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’ — Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.'s director a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of messages from her private email server.
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Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides
DC Attorney: FBI Never Destroyed Laptops Of Clinton Aides
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WND, The Other McCain, New York Times, BizPac Review, Slate and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
Donald Trump Says Clinton Has ‘Nobody to Blame But Herself’
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RedState and Associated Press
Matthew Miller / Washington Post:
James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again
James Comey fails to follow Justice Department rules yet again
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CNN:
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
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The Hill:
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp
Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp
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The Huffington Post, Power Line, ABC News and Vox Popoli
Mike Levine / ABC News:
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails
What We Know About the FBI's Latest Review of Hillary Clinton's Emails
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet
With less than two weeks to go, this thing's not over yet
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Washington Post
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
FBI Found “Tens Of Thousands Of Emails” Belonging To Huma Abedin On Weiner's Laptop
FBI Found “Tens Of Thousands Of Emails” Belonging To Huma Abedin On Weiner's Laptop
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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
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FiveThirtyEight and Mediaite
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise
Five takeaways from Comey's October surprise
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Washington Post and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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Sarah Boden / Iowa Public Radio:
Des Moines Woman Says She Voted Twice For Trump Because “The Polls Are Rigged”
Des Moines Woman Says She Voted Twice For Trump Because “The Polls Are Rigged”
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
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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.
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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.
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New York Times:
WikiLeaks Lays Bare a Clinton Insider's Emphatic Cheers and Jeers — In one note, Neera Tanden groused that whoever had let Hillary Clinton use a private email address for her State Department correspondence should be “drawn and quartered.” — In another, she called for Mrs. Clinton …
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Guardian, New York Magazine and Fox News Insider
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.”
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