Hillary Clinton without close aide Huma Abedin for third day

But the USA official who spoke to The Associated Press said the trove numbers in the thousands and the FBI, which had a warrant to begin the review, would be focusing on those deemed pertinent to its earlier Clinton email server investigation.

Comey subsequently released new and “pertinent” details of an investigation into Clinton’s private server.

“Now that he has opened the door, now that he has weighed into this election, we’re saying let’s get all the information out there”, he said.

The letter follows FBI Director James Comey’s October 28 notification to congressional leaders, in which he said newly discovered e-mails might be relevant to the agency’s previously completed investigation into Clinton’s e-mail use.

The new materials were found in a search of a device or devices used by Weiner, who is separated from Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Clinton.

The case reportedly involves former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s allegedly exchanging explicit text messages with an underage girl.

Mr Comey said agents would review the new e-mails – which The Wall Street Journal said numbered about 650,000 – to see whether they contained classified information.

In his testimony before a Republican dominated Congress in July, Comey had pledged to keep lawmakers apprised of any new developments.

So, is Obama’s DOJ working for the Clinton campaign? “While the Federal Bureau of Investigation has not contacted us about this, Ms. Abedin will continue to be, as she always has been, forthcoming and cooperative“, Dunn said in a statement.

“Now they apparently want to look at emails of one of my staffers and by all means, they should look at them”.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, not surprisingly, welcomed Comey’s decision, telling a rally in MI that “it took a lot of guts”. “You may be firmly convinced of something, but you could be firmly wrong”, he said.

Investigators will now look at whether the newly uncovered emails contain classified information or other evidence that could help advance the Clinton email probe.

Polls released Monday show Republican Donald Trump gaining ground on Democrat Hillary Clinton eight days before the US presidential election. She also said she wasn’t involved in the process of what specific files would be handed over to the State Department.

“The irony is it’s their bad behavior that is coming forward and now they’re beside themselves because America knows they’re a bunch of cheats and liars”, the New York Republican congressman said.

In the case of Pennsylvania, Trump has said law enforcement is needed in “certain areas” to make sure people do not vote five times.