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| FBI gets warrant to search Huma Abedin's laptop for Clinton emails – election live | FBI gets warrant to search Huma Abedin's laptop for Clinton emails – election live |
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| Sport is surely more unpredictable than an election, but still. | |
| Cubs have slightly better chance of winning World Series than Trump does winning Presidency. Split screen via @FiveThirtyEight @jonkarl pic.twitter.com/yx095451e1 | |
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| Original 'Daisy girl' stars in Clinton nuclear weapons ad | |
| The original “Daisy girl”, from the 1964 Lyndon B Johnson ad warning of nuclear war, appears in a Hillary Clinton ad warning of Trump’s embracing of nuclear weapons. | |
| “The fear of nuclear war that we had as children, I never thought our children would ever have to deal with that again. And to see that coming forward in that election is really scary,” says Monique Corzilius Luiz in the newly released ad. | |
| "The fear of nuclear war that we had as children, I never thought our children would ever have to deal with that again." pic.twitter.com/7LYCDaUau9 | |
| And for old times sake, here’s the original Daisy ad (over 50 years later and it stands up well as a fear-inducing ad, don’t you think?). | |
| 1.35pm GMT | 1.35pm GMT |
| 13:35 | 13:35 |
| On Thursday Melania Trump will deliver a speech in Philadelphia, her first since her address at the Republican National Convention in July, which was partly copied from a speech by Michelle Obama. | On Thursday Melania Trump will deliver a speech in Philadelphia, her first since her address at the Republican National Convention in July, which was partly copied from a speech by Michelle Obama. |
| New: the next First Lady, @MELANIATRUMP, to deliver speech in suburban #Philly on Thursday. #MAGA | New: the next First Lady, @MELANIATRUMP, to deliver speech in suburban #Philly on Thursday. #MAGA |
| When Trump mentioned last week in an interview with George Stephanopoulos that Melania would be making two to three speeches before the election, she appeared surprised: | When Trump mentioned last week in an interview with George Stephanopoulos that Melania would be making two to three speeches before the election, she appeared surprised: |
| Donald Trump tells @GMA Melania will be making "two or three speeches" https://t.co/uK3nCE5p1h https://t.co/UFgEF1lcsT | Donald Trump tells @GMA Melania will be making "two or three speeches" https://t.co/uK3nCE5p1h https://t.co/UFgEF1lcsT |
| 1.25pm GMT | 1.25pm GMT |
| 13:25 | 13:25 |
| Ex-congressman Joe Walsh - he of the recent “if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket” comments - may despise Hillary Clinton, but he doesn’t agree with FBI chief James Comey’s actions either. | Ex-congressman Joe Walsh - he of the recent “if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket” comments - may despise Hillary Clinton, but he doesn’t agree with FBI chief James Comey’s actions either. |
| Politics aside, James Comey has screwed this thing up from the get go.He wrongly let her off in July & he wrongly stuck it to her Friday. | Politics aside, James Comey has screwed this thing up from the get go.He wrongly let her off in July & he wrongly stuck it to her Friday. |
| U may hate me, but I'll always say what I believe.I want Trump to win, but what Comey just did to Hillary Is wrong & really unfair to her. | U may hate me, but I'll always say what I believe.I want Trump to win, but what Comey just did to Hillary Is wrong & really unfair to her. |
| Hillary is corrupt as hell, but the FBI Dir has no right to mess with an election.He goes public cuz of emails no one has seen? Just wrong | Hillary is corrupt as hell, but the FBI Dir has no right to mess with an election.He goes public cuz of emails no one has seen? Just wrong |
| 12.33pm GMT | 12.33pm GMT |
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| Happy Halloween and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. It’s a scary time for the Clinton campaign, after the director of the FBI alerted Congress on Friday to newly discovered emails relating to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. FBI chief James Comey has also had a fright, coming under fire for what might be seen as some rather partisan behavior. | Happy Halloween and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. It’s a scary time for the Clinton campaign, after the director of the FBI alerted Congress on Friday to newly discovered emails relating to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. FBI chief James Comey has also had a fright, coming under fire for what might be seen as some rather partisan behavior. |
| The FBI has acquired a warrant needed to examine thousands of emails found on a laptop used by Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin, whose estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit texts to a minor. | The FBI has acquired a warrant needed to examine thousands of emails found on a laptop used by Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin, whose estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit texts to a minor. |
| As many as 650,000 emails were found about a month ago during the separate investigation of Weiner, reports said. Some of them may have been sent through the Clinton private server and perhaps not examined by the FBI in its initial investigation of the Clinton emails, which ended with no charge in July. | As many as 650,000 emails were found about a month ago during the separate investigation of Weiner, reports said. Some of them may have been sent through the Clinton private server and perhaps not examined by the FBI in its initial investigation of the Clinton emails, which ended with no charge in July. |
| Eight days out from the election, the effect of all this remains uncertain. Here, Dan Roberts asks if it will cost Clinton the election. Here, a Morning Consult/Politico poll has Clinton still three points ahead. | Eight days out from the election, the effect of all this remains uncertain. Here, Dan Roberts asks if it will cost Clinton the election. Here, a Morning Consult/Politico poll has Clinton still three points ahead. |
| Comey slammed for election interference | Comey slammed for election interference |
| Eric Holder, attorney general in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2015, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post saying Comey broke justice department policy by possibly interfering with an election and commenting on an ongoing investigation: | Eric Holder, attorney general in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2015, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post saying Comey broke justice department policy by possibly interfering with an election and commenting on an ongoing investigation: |
| These rules have been followed during Republican and Democratic administrations. They aren’t designed to help any particular individual or to serve any political interest. Instead, they are intended to ensure that every investigation proceeds fairly and judiciously; to maintain the public trust in the department’s ability to do its job free of political influence; and to prevent investigations from unfairly or unintentionally casting public suspicion on public officials who have done nothing wrong. | These rules have been followed during Republican and Democratic administrations. They aren’t designed to help any particular individual or to serve any political interest. Instead, they are intended to ensure that every investigation proceeds fairly and judiciously; to maintain the public trust in the department’s ability to do its job free of political influence; and to prevent investigations from unfairly or unintentionally casting public suspicion on public officials who have done nothing wrong. |
| Director Comey broke with these fundamental principles. | Director Comey broke with these fundamental principles. |
| Holder joined dozens of formal federal prosecutors criticizing Comey for contacting Congress about the emails just 11 days out from the election. | Holder joined dozens of formal federal prosecutors criticizing Comey for contacting Congress about the emails just 11 days out from the election. |
| Senate minority leader Harry Reid, meanwhile, launched a blistering attack on Comey, accusing him of possibly violating the law: | Senate minority leader Harry Reid, meanwhile, launched a blistering attack on Comey, accusing him of possibly violating the law: |
| My office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan action, you may have broken the law. | My office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan action, you may have broken the law. |
| Reid also claimed, without citing evidence, that Comey’s FBI had withheld information about links between the Trump campaign and Russia. | Reid also claimed, without citing evidence, that Comey’s FBI had withheld information about links between the Trump campaign and Russia. |
| Congressman Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, called on Comey to resign: | Congressman Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, called on Comey to resign: |
| If Director Comey cares about the bureau and the rule of law, as I have felt he has in the past, I’m sure upon reflection of this action, he will submit his letter of resignation for the nation’s good. | If Director Comey cares about the bureau and the rule of law, as I have felt he has in the past, I’m sure upon reflection of this action, he will submit his letter of resignation for the nation’s good. |
| The Clinton campaign has called for Comey to explain what is going on – so far there is no indication that the FBI or Comey will clarify anything. | The Clinton campaign has called for Comey to explain what is going on – so far there is no indication that the FBI or Comey will clarify anything. |
| Clinton camp goes quiet | Clinton camp goes quiet |
| Joe Scarborough, host of NBC’s Morning Joe, noted this morning that Clinton surrogates avoided coming on TV to discuss the email drama: | Joe Scarborough, host of NBC’s Morning Joe, noted this morning that Clinton surrogates avoided coming on TV to discuss the email drama: |
| We have been asking Clinton campaign officials and senior Democrats to come on the show all weekend. The invitation remains wide-open. | We have been asking Clinton campaign officials and senior Democrats to come on the show all weekend. The invitation remains wide-open. |
| Where the rallies are today | Where the rallies are today |
| Today Trump is in Michigan, a state most expect to vote Democratic: he has a rally in Grand Rapids at 12pm, then another in Warren at 3pm. His VP pick, Mike Pence, is hosting three events in Florida. Clinton is in another battleground state, Ohio, hosting early vote rallies in Kent and Cincinnati. Her veep, Tim Kaine, is in North Carolina. | Today Trump is in Michigan, a state most expect to vote Democratic: he has a rally in Grand Rapids at 12pm, then another in Warren at 3pm. His VP pick, Mike Pence, is hosting three events in Florida. Clinton is in another battleground state, Ohio, hosting early vote rallies in Kent and Cincinnati. Her veep, Tim Kaine, is in North Carolina. |
| Please join us in the comments. | Please join us in the comments. |