So they needed new approval to broaden their search. They have a subpoena for Weiner's laptop, but it only relates to his emails, not Abedin's. The agents stopped the search and immediately called in colleagues. Government lawyers have not approached Abedin's camp, but could do so in the coming days.Īgents from the FBI New York field office stumbled on what they thought were pertinent emails when they were searching the laptop during their investigation of Weiner's sexting with a 15-year-old girl, which was exposed by in September.

On Sunday evening, NBC reported that the FBI now has a warrant to read the thousands of emails. On Sunday, CNN initially reported that her attorneys met with representatives from the Justice Department and the FBI as they looked to get a search warrant that would allow them to examine all of the emails on Weiner's laptop - and not just those related to the sexting investigation.īut they later corrected the story, instead saying that the Justice Department were seeking approval for the new warrant. Questions are mounting over right-hand woman Abedin's future on the Clinton campaign. Nor will she be present for Clinton’s trip to battleground Ohio, a pivotal state where Donald Trump has been running strong in the polls for weeks.Ĭlinton waved as she boarded her campaign plane at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, on Monday - without Abedin by her side But with a national frenzy over her email scandal, Abedin was not along for the ride. It is at events such as these that Clinton normally counts on Abedin to handle logistics and keep up with people she encounters. It involved frequent campaign stops, visits to a church and a gay-friendly club – and a meet-and-greet with stars Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. The Florida trip she skipped was the kind where Clinton has relied on her for years. She emerged only to go to campaign headquarters on Sunday. Weiner.Ībedin told colleagues she was taken aback when she learned the FBI was looking into her emails on Weiner’s laptop, Politico reported Sunday.Ībedin jumped off the campaign trail when she got back to New York, departing out of view of reporters traveling with Clinton. In the days since the story broke, it has been revealed that the FBI now has a search warrant to review emails contained on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Her lawyers were set to meet with the Justice Department and FBI to discuss the emails found on her sexting husband's laptop - after the FBI dramatically announced it had reopened the investigation into Clintons handling of classified material. If Abedin is found to have lied she could face up to five years in jail. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the device contained as many as 650,000 emails, some of which pertained to the investigation of Clinton's email scandal. The FBI swooped in on Abedin's now-estranged husband Weiner in September, after revealed he had sent explicit messages and graphic pictures to a 15-year-old girlĪbedin’s own conduct has come under scrutiny, in part because she swore in a related lawsuit that she turned over all of her electronic devices in connection with a probe of Clinton’s private email server.īut it has now been revealed that the FBI is in possession of a laptop owned by Weiner that Abedin also used on occasion. Political Editor At In White Plains and Wills Robinson For

She's reportedly told coworkers she has no idea how the emails got thereīy Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s.

Abedin has pleaded ignorance and said she rarely uses husband's laptop.

A new poll shows Clinton holding a three-point lead over Trump but 42 per cent of undecided voters said they were less likely to pick her in.

If she’s found to have lied she could face up to five years in jail.

Abedin swore under oath that she handed over all devices that could hold emails relevant to the investigation into Clinton’s private email server.

Q uestions are mounting over the long-time aide's future in the campaign after it emerged t he FBI will search through Antony Weiner's laptop.

She didn’t board Hillary Clinton’s campaign plane for a trip to Ohio and skipped a weekend trip to Florida.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is pictured her taking her son to nursery school Monday morning.

Huma is OFF the trail: Lone Clinton aide drops off her son by pervert Anthony Weiner instead of heading to crucial swing state of Ohio with Hillary after email bombshell

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