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FBI’s Comey Still Has No Warrant to Search Emails, No Idea What’s in Them

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Director has no warrant to search the emails referenced in his “improper, irresponsible, and possibly illegal” letter to Congress and no idea what's in any of them, Yahoo News reports:

At the time Comey wrote the letter, “he had no idea what was in the content of the emails,” one of the officials said, referring to recently discovered emails that were found on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.

As of Saturday night, the FBI was still in talks with the Justice Department about obtaining a warrant that would allow agency officials to read any of the newly discovered Abedin emails, and therefore was still in the dark about whether they include any classified material that the bureau has not already seen.

“We do not have a warrant,” a senior law enforcement official said. “Discussions are under way [between the FBI and the Justice Department] as to the best way to move forward.”

RELATED: FBI Director Comey Defied Atty General Loretta Lynch in Possibly Illegal Email Disclosure

Earlier on Saturday it was revealed that FBI director James Comey defied Attorney General Loretta Lynch in his inappropriate and possibly illegal disclosure to Congress. Also, Comey had Weiner's data a month ago, and sat on it till now.

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