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Richard W. Painter / New York Times:
On Clinton Emails, Did the F.B.I. Director Abuse His Power? — The F.B.I. is currently investigating the hacking of Americans' computers by foreign governments. Russia is a prime suspect. — Imagine a possible connection between a candidate for president in the United States and the Russian computer hacking.
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe — Laptop may contain thousands of messages sent to or from private server — Federal agents are preparing to scour roughly 650,000 emails contained on the laptop of former Rep. Anthony Weiner to see how many relate to a prior probe …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agents knew of Clinton-related emails weeks before director was briefed — The FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server knew early this month that messages recovered in a separate probe might be germane to their case, but they waited weeks before briefing the FBI director …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Justice Department seeks approval for email search — (CNN)Justice Department and FBI officials are working to secure approval that would allow the FBI to conduct a full search of top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedein's newly discovered emails, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: FBI Investigators Knew About Emails Weeks Ago — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times EDT): — A law enforcement official says FBI investigators in the Anthony Weiner sexting probe knew for weeks about the existence of newly discovered emails that might be relevant …
Jamie Gorelick / Washington Post:
James Comey is damaging our democracy — Jamie Gorelick served as deputy attorney general from 1994 to 1997 and is a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Larry Thompson served as deputy attorney general from 2001 to 2003 and signed a letter from a group of former Justice Department officials …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Former federal attorney: FBI email review a ‘convoluted mess’
Former federal attorney: FBI email review a ‘convoluted mess’
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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
Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she doesn't know how her emails wound up on her husband's computer
Ed Klein / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Resignation letters piling up from disaffected FBI agents, his wife urging him to admit …
EXCLUSIVE: Resignation letters piling up from disaffected FBI agents, his wife urging him to admit …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe
Exclusive: FBI still does not have warrant to review new Abedin emails linked to Clinton probe
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hillary only has herself to blame for the mess she's in
Fox News:
Abedin reportedly pleads ignorance of how emails at center of latest Clinton probe got on computer
Abedin reportedly pleads ignorance of how emails at center of latest Clinton probe got on computer
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Comey, Clinton and This Steaming Mess
New York Times:
A Scandal Too Far? Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton, and a Test of Loyalty
A Scandal Too Far? Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton, and a Test of Loyalty
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Democrats should ask Hillary Clinton to step aside
Democrats should ask Hillary Clinton to step aside
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Bloomberg:
Clinton's Attacking Strategy to Blunt Comey Damage Has Risks
Clinton's Attacking Strategy to Blunt Comey Damage Has Risks
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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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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Trump Supporter Says He Hopes ‘We All Get Our Wish’ That Hillary Will Drive Off Cliff — Speaking at Donald Trump's Las Vegas rally earlier today, conservative pundit and Trump supporter Wayne Allyn Root fantasized about Hillary Clinton's death. — Early on in his speech …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump rally speaker fantasizes about death of Hillary Clinton — LAS VEGAS — A speaker warming up the crowd for Donald Trump at a campaign rally Sunday morning fantasized about the deaths of Hillary Clinton and a senior aide. — Conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root …
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Aaron Short / New York Post:
Trump offered Christie his VP slot — then rescinded it — More On: — Donald Trump initially offered the vice-presidential running-mate slot to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie but then withdrew it, sources said. — With a week to go before the GOP convention in July …
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CBS News:
CBS battleground poll: Partisans divide on news of FBI, emails — News of the FBI's decision spread quickly through the battleground states - eight in ten likely voters had heard about it by Saturday - and partisans quickly went to their respective corners: Republicans think it's bad and expect …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Leads Trump in North Carolina; Dead Heat in Florida
Polls: Clinton Leads Trump in North Carolina; Dead Heat in Florida
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
A President Clinton would be out of control: Glenn Reynolds — He's no paragon of virtue, but it won't be that way with a President Trump. — “Someone somewhere should have told her no.” Those are the words of a Clinton ally quoted in a roundup of Democratic reactions to Hillary Clinton's FBI news …
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Michael Hamilton / The Sun:
MILE HIGH SEXTS BA pilot suspended over alleged cockpit sex photos in stockings taken at 38,000 feet — Captain Colin Glover, 51, denies he is the pervy pilot pictured pleasuring himself mid-flight — A BA pilot has been suspended amid claims he pleasured himself wearing stockings in the cockpit at 38,000 feet.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump in 1990: Adultery is Not a Sin — Donald Trump has become defined in his presidential campaign by his misogynistic language and a recent downpour of accusations of sexual assault against him. But it's not exactly a recent phenomenon. One of the defining characteristics …