FBI to reopen investigation of Clinton’s emails

News deals blow to Clinton days before vote

MANCHESTER, N. H. • The FBI says it will investigate whether there is classified information in newly discovered emails that appear to be related to its probe of Hillary Clinton’s email practices, reinjecting one of the most toxic political issues into the presidential campaign less than two weeks before election day.

The new emails came from a sexting investigation of disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner, a U.S. official said, speaking only on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to comment publicly.

Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, is a longtime Clinton aide who is now a top official on the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign team.

Republican rival Donald Trump pounced on the turn of events, seeing an opportunity to press the argument he’s long tried to make against Clinton: that she thinks she’s above the law and that she put U.S. security at risk by using her personal email.

The GOP nominee told cheering supporters at his first campaign rally of the day that he has “great respect” for the fact that the FBI and the Department of Justice are now “willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistake that they made” in concluding the investigation earlier.

Trump said of Clinton, “We must not let her take her criminal scheme into the Oval Office. ... This is bigger than Watergate.”

The afternoon disclosure raises the possibility of the FBI reopening the criminal investigation involving Clinton, which the agency said was complete in July.

In a letter sent Friday to congressional leaders, FBI director James Comey said that new emails have emerged, prompting the agency to “take appropriate investigative steps” to review information that flowed through the private email sever Clinton used while serving as secretary of state.

Clinton made no mention of the FBI development at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, though she warned her supporters, “Anything can happen” in the campaign’s closing days.

So far, the email- related controversies haven’t seemed to hurt Clinton’s campaign in the final weeks.

Recent surveys show her retaining her lead in national polls and making gains in some swing states.