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Eric Holder / Washington Post:
James Comey is a good man, but he made a serious mistake — Eric Holder was U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015. — I began my career in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section 40 years ago, investigating cases of official corruption. In the years since …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Comey's bombshell changes few votes — The race for the White House is tight, but it has not been radically changed by the FBI director's bombshell announcement last week. — Hillary Clinton has a slim three-point lead over Donald Trump one week before Election Day …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Abedin tells colleagues she's in dark about new email trove — Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told colleagues she was taken aback when she learned that the FBI found her emails on a laptop belonging to her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, and doesn't know how the messages got there …
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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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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
The FBI Director's Unworthy Choice — Comey acceded to the apparent wish of Obama that no charges be brought against Clinton. — We need not worry unduly about the factual void at the center of the FBI director's announcement on Friday that the bureau had found emails—perhaps thousands …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Deeply Disturbing — James Comey's decision to send his letter to Capitol Hill seemed like a bad one from the start. But it did not seem as egregious as it does now because many assumed he was faced with a tough balancing act between informing Congress of significant new evidence …
Philip B. Heymann / USA Today:
Ex-Justice official: FBI now Trump's political football — There is no justification for announcing wholly unsubstantiated suspicions without evidence. — FBI Director James Comey has told congressional leaders that in an unrelated investigation, his agents found emails that might somehow …
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Hillary Clinton 2016:
Open Letter from Former Federal Prosecutors and High-Ranking Officials of The U.S. Department of Justice
Open Letter from Former Federal Prosecutors and High-Ranking Officials of The U.S. Department of Justice
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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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Former DOJ Officials Pen Letter Criticizing Comey
Former DOJ Officials Pen Letter Criticizing Comey
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agents pressed Justice unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation
FBI agents pressed Justice unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation
Editorials / New York Daily News:
FBI mad bomber James Comey needs to resign
FBI mad bomber James Comey needs to resign
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NBC News:
FBI Obtains Warrant for Newly Discovered Emails in Clinton Probe — as Reid Accuses Comey of Hatch Act Violation
FBI Obtains Warrant for Newly Discovered Emails in Clinton Probe — as Reid Accuses Comey of Hatch Act Violation
Associated Press:
If Elected, Clinton Faces Awkward Coexistence With Comey
If Elected, Clinton Faces Awkward Coexistence With Comey
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Harry Reid's incendiary claim about ‘coordination’ between Donald Trump and Russia — In a letter to FBI Director James B. Comey on Sunday night, outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) says Comey may have broken the law. — And that's not even the most brazen claim in the letter — not by a long shot.
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CBS News:
Harry Reid accuses Comey of sitting on proof of Trump-Russia ties, possible Hatch Act violation
Harry Reid accuses Comey of sitting on proof of Trump-Russia ties, possible Hatch Act violation
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Senator Harry Reid:
IN LETTER, REID SAYS COMEY “MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW”
IN LETTER, REID SAYS COMEY “MAY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW”
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Jugal K. Patel / New York Times:
Voting Early, and in Droves: Nearly 22 Million Ballots Are Already In — With nine days until the general election, almost 22 million people have already voted, through early voting and absentee ballots. — In many states, the number of early voters is lower than at the same point in the 2012 cycle.
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Early Turnout Tilts Toward Democrats in Swing States
Early Turnout Tilts Toward Democrats in Swing States
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Early voting update: Positive signs for both parties in battleground states
Early voting update: Positive signs for both parties in battleground states
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANIES DESTROYED EMAILS IN DEFIANCE OF COURT ORDERS — U.S. DONALD TRUMP 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HILLARY EMAILS — Over the course of decades, Donald Trump's companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded …
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CNN:
Trump stokes skepticism of Colorado voting system — Greeley, Colorado (CNN)Donald Trump for the second day in a row questioned the validity of this swing state's largely mail-in voting system, the latest instance of the Republican nominee expressing skepticism about the legitimacy of the electoral process.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
CNN Stealth Edits Article That Originally Made False Claim Trump Told Supporters To Vote Multiple Times
CNN Stealth Edits Article That Originally Made False Claim Trump Told Supporters To Vote Multiple Times
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Clinton loses popularity edge in tight race with Trump, new Post-ABC Tracking Poll finds — Registered voters see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a nearly identical negative light, mirroring a persistently close split in overall vote preference in a new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Deep Unfavorability for Clinton, Trump Marks the Election's Sharp Divisions (POLL)
Deep Unfavorability for Clinton, Trump Marks the Election's Sharp Divisions (POLL)
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside Evan McMullin's 10 years undercover in the CIA — Conservative independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin is rising in the polls and stands a fair chance of stealing the red state of Utah from GOP nominee Donald Trump. So it's no surprise that pro-Trump Republicans and others …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP's Age of Authoritarianism Has Only Just Begun — And it will not end with a Clinton presidency. — There is a fusty old school of thought called the Great Man Theory, which attributes the tides of history to the decisions and character of a handful of fateful men.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Embattled Issa: I'd advise Clinton if she asked — CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — For most of Barack Obama's presidency, Rep. Darrell Issa has relished his role as White House enemy No. 1, taunting the president as “corrupt” and even floating the idea of impeachment.
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