DOJ, FBI in talks with Huma Abedin's lawyers to access Clinton server emails

The Justice Department and the FBI are negotiating with lawyers representing top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, CNN reports, to access emails reportedly from Clinton's private server that were discovered on a laptop belonging to Abedin and her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner.

The FBI has not yet obtained a search warrant to view the emails, which FBI Director James Comey said Friday merited reopening a suspended FBI investigation into the server Clinton used as secretary of state. Though the FBI did have a warrant to investigate Weiner, who is accused of sexting with an underage girl, the agency needs additional authorization to view Abedin's communications.

Just hours before news of the negotiations broke, Clinton's campaign manager, Robby Mook, insisted reports that the emails came from Abedin's account were pure speculation. The campaign chair, John Podesta, made the same argument in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, saying, "We don’t know what computer Mr. Comey is talking about."

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