By Susan Heavey and Jonathan Allen | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK WASHINGTON/NEW YORK The FBI said on Friday it will investigate additional emails that have surfaced relating to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system, in a new twist to the U.S. presidential campaign with 11 days to go before Election Day.In a letter to several U.S.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is "confident" a new FBI probe linked to her emails will not change its original finding that she should not be prosecuted and wants the agency to immediately explain the inquiry to the American people.
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After maintaining a defensive stand for over a year, the email issue has flared up unexpectedly just over a week from Election Day, threatening Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican Donald Trump
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US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shifted quickly on Friday to take advantage of a new twist in Democrat Hillary Clinton's long-running email saga, seeking a much-needed boost in the campaign's waning days.
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By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Top aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday insisted there is "no evidence of wrongdoing" following the FBI's notification to the U.S. Congress on Friday that it is again looking at Clinton's use of a private server for emails when she was secretary of state."There's no evidence of wrongdoing, no charge of wrongdoing," Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta told reporters by telephone.Podesta, following up on calls by Clinton late on Friday, urged FBI Director James Comey to make public the details of any new developments in the case.Podesta also complained that 24 hours after Comey's letter was transmitted to Congress, "We have no real explanation of why Director Comey" sent it.The Washington Post reported on Saturday that senior Justice Department officials told Comey his letter to Congress was inconsistent with FBI policy of not commenting on ongoing investigations.
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By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Top aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday insisted there is "no evidence of wrongdoing" following the FBI's notification to the U.S. Congress on Friday that it is again looking at Clinton's use of a private server for emails when she was secretary of state."There's no evidence of wrongdoing, no charge of wrongdoing," Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta told reporters by telephone.Podesta, following up on calls by Clinton late on Friday, urged FBI Director James Comey to make public the details of any new developments in the case.Podesta also complained that 24 hours after Comey's letter was transmitted to Congress, "We have no real explanation of why Director Comey" sent it.The Washington Post reported on Saturday that senior Justice Department officials told Comey his letter to Congress was inconsistent with FBI policy of not commenting on ongoing investigations. This latest controversy over Clinton emails has surfaced in the waning days of a bitter presidential campaign against Republican challenger Donald Trump.
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US presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has declared that the FBI's decision to announce a renewed probe into her use of email just ahead of voting was "unprecedented" and "deeply troubling."
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On Saturday Donald Trump accused the US Department of Justice of trying "hard" to protect Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in the email controversy, a day after the FBI launched a probe into a new cache of emails just days ahead of the 8 November election.
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Former Congressman Anthony Weiner seems to live up to his name and then some. Not only has he been caught several times sexting women but his estranged wife, Huma Abedin is the Vice chairwoman of the Hillary Clinton campaign.
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Overnight the gap has closed to just over 1 percent which is so inside the percentage error that either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump could be in the lead with just 7 days to go for the big vote.
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The Trump Organisation has a secret server registered to Trump Tower that has been covertly communicating with a Russian bank, a media report said, in the latest allegation of questionable links between Donald Trump and Russia just a week ahead of the presidential polls.
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The FBI director's decision to relaunch an investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails has jolted the US political establishment in the final countdown to Election Day on 8 November.
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The US Justice Department said that it would "dedicate all necessary resources" regarding the review of thousands of newly discovered emails that might be related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email probe.
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Democrat Hillary Clinton maintained her lead over Republican Donald Trump in their race for the White House, even in the wake of renewed scrutiny of her use of a private email server, a poll showed Monday.
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The FBI has once again courted controversy as it released heavily redacted files from its 2001 investigation of President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, just one week from Election Day.
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The New York Police Department and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said they had been alerted to the possible attacks.
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Positive sentiment is soaring for Trump nationwide. That is correct – Donald Trump is crushing it online, and there is only a matter of days before Election Day on 8 November.
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By Julia Edwards | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON FBI Director James Comey was under attack from some of his own agents and members of Congress on Monday over his handling of an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails, but the White House was remaining supportive, for now.In stunning fashion, Comey has injected the Federal Bureau of Investigation, meant to be politically neutral, into the thick of the 2016 U.S. presidential race, making a series of announcements on the inquiry.The latest was on Sunday, when he said the FBI stood by a July decision not to recommend criminal charges against the Democratic presidential candidate.
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The number of hate crimes reported to police rose by about 6.7 percent last year, led by a 67 percent surge in crimes against Muslims, according to FBI.
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During their second presidential debate in October, Trump told Clinton he would get a special prosecutor to look into her email practices when secretary of state.
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