Trump warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ if Clinton elected

“It is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election”, said Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta.

Democratic presidential nominee Clinton, who is locked into a tightening race for the White House against maverick Republican billionaire Donald Trump, spent the weekend without Abedin in the crucial battleground state of Florida, and was again without her on a visit to swing state OH on Monday.

The announcement Friday by FBI director James Comey that his agency has knowledge of emails that may be pertinent to the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email mail server left the public wondering what it meant and what would come next. During the meeting, which Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department officials described as cordial, Lynch expressed her continued confidence in Comey, one Justice Department official told NBC News.

Gowdy: “Secretary Clinton said all work-related emails were returned to the State Department”.

Mr Comey concluded in July that Mrs Clinton had been “extremely careless” in handling classified information, but there were no grounds for any charges. “She has been very cooperative throughout the process”, the aide said. “I think most people have decided a long time ago what they think about all of this”. It’s unclear whether the material on the device was from Clinton. It was not known if the email controversy would hurt her support.Clinton held a 5-point lead over Trump in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, supported by 44 percent of likely voters, compared with Trump at 39 percent.

“The president believes that Director Comey is a man of integrity, he’s a man of principle and he’s a man of good character”, Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday.

Critics of Comey’s letter argue that the director violated longstanding Justice Department practice not to take steps in an investigation that could influence an election. “They should not be discussing the facts of an investigation until the investigation is over”.

Even hawkish officials within the Justice Department who were urging an announcement blaming Russian Federation did not object to waiting for those negotiations to conclude.

Lynch and Comey spoke following their regular national security meeting at the Justice Department.

Investigators will now look at whether the newly uncovered emails contain classified information or other evidence that could help advance the Clinton email probe. “The director owes it to the American people to immediately provide the full details of what he is now examining”.

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the FBI again investigating Hillary Clinton is the rather predictable partisan back-flips.

Clinton on Monday continued to level attacks against Trump’s ability to control nuclear weapons.

Clinton’s message was amplified by Bruce Blair, a former intercontinental ballistic missile launch control officer.

The FBI had opened an initial inquiry after an article published by Slate Magazine raised alarms over what computer scientists said were records of thousands of apparent connection attempts between a mail server operated on behalf of the Trump Organization and computers inside the Alfa Bank in Moscow. On Saturday she upped the pressure on Comey, calling his move “deeply troubling” and “unprecedented”.

Democrats have robustly rallied around Clinton, including black and Hispanic lawmakers.