Thread: FBI Reopens Clinton E-Mail Probe 11 Days Before Election

Originally Posted by Nikos

This is all so close to the election I wonder if it will actually have any impact on the results. Most people are settled on who they want and will be reluctant to believe all these things against their candidate.

On the Denver news station I watched last night they said that they had gotten some inquiries about if it was possible for voters to change their vote.

The short story is, no, not if you ballot is already turned in.

But one can get a replacement ballot for any reason at the election sites.

3 competing theories on why the FBI re-opened the Hillary email server investigation
October 28, 2016
By Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...stigation.html

There is no question that re-opening the FBI Investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server is a big deal. The FBI normally avoids acting just before an election in order to avoid charges of political manipulation. NBC reports:

The FBI is reviewing a new batch of Hillary Clinton emails, bureau director James Comey said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday.

"In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation ... I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation," he wrote.

The very first thing to note is that Comey made no mention of a grand jury. ... It was announced ten days ago that grand jury would be convened to investigate Weiner's sexting "by the end of the month." The timing of Comey's letter strongly suggests that the devices containing new emails were obtained through a grand jury subpoena, with no immunity deals or evidence destruction needed.

If that is the case, further subpoenas are quite possible, a tool that was left unused in the investigation to date.


There are 3 competing theories as to why he might be doing this now that come to mind.

1. He might be seeking to restore his badly damaged reputation, recognizing that the damage he has inflicted on the FBI is substantial...


2. Rush Limbaugh today discussed an alternative theory, that by announcing an FBI Investigation resuming, Comey is putting a lid on further attention to Wikileaks. ...


3. It is possible that something so dramatic came up in the pertinent emails that postponing a public reaction by not announcing the reopening of the investigation would, be regarded as political interference by covering up a smoking gun until after the election. In this scenario...


We'll know more in the coming days, and I am sure there are other possible theories and motives. It is shame that we have to speculate, and that the once-respected FBI director is now subject to analysis of his political gamesmanship.