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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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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
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 Right Scoop and The Lid
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.
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, Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Refinery29 and Blue Virginia
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 …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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 …
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Politicus USA, The Root and Mediaite
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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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM
HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM
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The Moderate Voice, NewsHounds blog, Daily News Bin, Occupy Democrats, TheStreet.com, Hullabaloo, Gothamist, Raw Story, RedState, Law News, Washington Post and Salon
CNN:
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
Clinton campaign wages new war against James Comey
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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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Associated Press and Patterico's Pontifications
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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The Other McCain, New York Times, BizPac Review and Slate
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition
James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report
Lynch advised Comey against letter to Congress: report
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WND, RedState, Guardian, BizPac Review, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, alan.com and Washington Post
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
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
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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RedState, New York Times, Politico, BizPac Review, Bloomberg, Mediaite, alan.com, Breitbart and Liberal Values
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
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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BuzzFeed, NBC News, Towleroad, Washington Blade, LGBTQ Nation 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.
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Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, Politicus USA, 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 …
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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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CBS News
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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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The Right Scoop, Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, TalkLeft, The Week and alan.com
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
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
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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The Last Refuge, Hot Air, AOL, The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe.My.God., The Hill, Politico and RedState
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