Report: Weiner sexting probe led FBI to reopen Clinton case

Published October 28, 2016 7:26pm ET



FBI Director James Comey moved to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s treatment of classified material after discovering new materials on devices belonging to Huma Abedin, Clinton’s former deputy chief of staff, and Anthony Weiner, her soon-to-be ex-husband who is presently the subject of a separate probe into sexually charged messages he allegedly sent to a minor.

Agents seized the devices from Abedin and Weiner’s home during the sexting investigation, and found emails that potentially contained classified information, the New York Times reported Friday.

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