New emails in Clinton private server investigation were discovered because of Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal


The FBI announced Friday that it would be renewing its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server after learning of "the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation," as FBI Director James Comey wrote in a letter to Congress. Those new emails were apparently discovered in the FBI seizure of "electronic devices belonging to Huma Abedin and her husband, Anthony Weiner," The New York Times reports.
Abedin and Weiner separated earlier this year after renewed reports of Weiner sexting other women. "The FBI and the New York Police Department have opened preliminary investigations of allegations that the former New York Democratic congressman exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a purportedly underage girl," CNN reported in September.
In July, the FBI recommended no criminal charges after looking into if Clinton or her aides had mishandled classified information. Comey did, however, say at the time that Clinton was "extremely careless" with her private email server.
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