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The revelation that the FBI has discovered additional emails convulsed the political world, and led to widespread (and erroneous) claims and speculation. Many Republicans proclaimed that the discovery suggests Clinton may have broken the law, while Democrats condemned FBI Director James Comey for disclosing this information less than two weeks before the election, claiming he did it for political purposes.
Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, said the development showed his opponent had engaged in corruption “on a scale we have never seen before,’’ while Clinton called for the FBI to release all of the information it has, saying the American people have a right to know everything.
The truth is much less explosive. There is no indication the emails in question were withheld by Clinton during the investigation, the law enforcement official told Newsweek, nor does the discovery suggest she did anything illegal. Also, none of the emails were to or from Clinton, the official said. Moreover, despite the widespread claims in the media that this development had prompted the FBI to “reopen” the case, it did not; such investigations are never actually closed, and it is common for law enforcement to discover new information that needs to be examined.
http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-…
OK, I'm not going to paste the entire long form article, because you can just click the link and read it. But it goes on to explain how there are really only a couple of possibilities here, and that NONE of them could result in any evidence of wrong-doing by Hillary Clinton.
It then goes on to explain how the letter from Comey intentionally kept the letter vague because he didn't want to introduce speculation, but this vagueness has backfired and created all kinds of speculation and intense criticism.
Huge misstep by Comey. Although it appears it wasn't as nefarious
an intent as Hillary claims. Still, this does not amount to anything close to evidence of corruption.So everyone: please take a minute to chill (and get some background info) before you go off like a bunch of raving idiots on this one.