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FBI finds emails related to Hillary Clinton’s State …

Last Updated Nov 3, 2016 7:54 PM EDT

The FBI has found emails related to Hillary Clintons tenure as secretary of state on the laptop belonging to the estranged husband of Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner, according to a U.S. official.

These emails, CBS News Andres Triay reports, are not duplicates of emails found on Secretary Clintons private server. At this point, however, it remains to be seen whether these emails are significant to the FBIs investigation into Clinton. It is also not known how many relevant emails there are.

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In a letter to Congress last Friday, FBI Director James Comey indicated that the agency was taking steps to review newly discovered emails relating to Clintons private email server. Those emails came from the laptop of Weiner, a former New York congressman. Abedin reportedly said she had no knowledge of the existence of any of her emails on Weiners laptop. On Monday, CBS News reported that the FBI had obtained a warrant for the emails.

In a separate matter, CBS News confirmed that there were disagreements between FBI agents looking into the Clinton Foundation and their superiors in Washington and at the Department of Justice. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the FBI was facing an internal feud over how to handle the Clinton Foundation case in the middle of election season. Officials say tension like this is common in many cases.

It is still unclear whether the FBI inquiry into the Clinton Foundation was a full-blown investigation. The current status of that inquiry is also unclear. However, no known charges have been filed related to the foundation.

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State Dept releases new batch of Hillary Clinton emails …

The 1,280 pages of emails that were produced under court order include mostly administrative correspondence and duplicates of previously released material. But the batch also includes new correspondence from Clinton's 2010 clean-up tour amid the stunning WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables.

A series of largely redacted emails from 2010 include Clinton's discussions of how she will approach world leaders, as well as how hard she should go after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The newest emails from Clinton were released by the State Department while Assange continued his extended bombardment of the Clinton campaign with regular releases from campaign chairman John Podesta's hacked emails.

In a Dec. 2, 2010, top aide Huma Abedin wrote to Clinton that an ally had suggested Clinton say, "We view this not as a 'clever game' of wiki leaks but rather as a 'criminal act' against the United States of America. He might think this is a clever game today but when he is prosecuted and if convicted he will move from being a clever cyber thief to a convicted criminal -- and will find out that's a whole different kind of game."

WikiLeaks' release of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables in 2010 -- with stark and cutting assessments of foreign leaders -- created a massive problem for Clinton as she played clean-up in her role as secretary of state. Emails released by the State Department Thursday detail some of the behind-the-scenes scramble inside her office.

A Nov. 26, 2010 email about her planned call with French Foreign Minister Michele Aliot-Marie is largely redacted, but includes some background, including bracing for "the first of several articles" that Le Monde was set to publish from the WikiLeaks cables.

A Nov. 27, 2010 from Huma Abedin to Clinton shows them bracing for the impact from the New York Times' publication of WikiLeaks material dealing with the U.S. relationship with Canada.

"Two cables set for release contain especially sensitive information on counterterrorism and intelligence sharing. The depth of bilateral cooperation detailed in the cables may be controversial for Canadians," Abedin wrote in the email.

None of the new emails contained information marked as classified or newly upgraded to classified, but 18 were near duplicates that included a previously-released email that had been upgraded when originally released.

After an initial review of the documents turned over by the FBI, the State Department concluded a "significant number" of the 5,600 work-related emails were duplicates or near-duplicates of emails already released to the public, and therefore will not be subject to re-release.

Clinton turned over approximately 55,000 pages of her emails in early 2015. Those were processed and produced to the public, with redactions, between May 2015 and March 2016.

An additional 350 pages are scheduled to be released Friday.

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Glenn Beck: Hillary Clinton is a ‘moral, ethical choice …

The outspoken opponent of the GOP's presidential nominee wrote on Facebook over the weekend that every voter had to decide for themselves what constitutes "a bridge too far," after the release of footage last week in which Trump can be heard making lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women.

He joined a growing chorus of conservative leaders over the weekend who are appealing to Trump to withdraw his candidacy for president, adding that a vote for the businessman was "validating his immorality, lewdness, and depravity."

But Beck said his public stance against Trump did not equate to unfettered support for the Democratic presidential nominee.

"If she is elected, the world does not end," Beck said of Clinton. "Once elected, Hillary can be fought. Her tactics are blatant and juvenile, and battling her by means of political and procedural maneuvering or through the media, through public marches and online articles, all of that will be moral, worthy of man of principal."

He added: "Trump stepping down does not guarantee a Clinton win, but it does guarantee that the Republican party still stands for something, still allows its members to maintain (their) own self-respect and that it still has a future."

Beck's comments come as the GOP continues to grapple with Trump's latest controversy. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Monday that he would no longer campaign for or defend his standard-bearer.

CLARIFICATION: This story and headline have been updated to clarify Glenn Beck's stance on opposing Donald Trump.

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Hillary Clinton spokesman to Donald Trump: ‘Go f …

Donald Trump at Sunday night's debate against Hillary Clinton. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

A spokesman for Hillary Clinton's campaign tweeted a strongly worded message to Donald Trump during the second presidential debate on Sunday night.

"Hey, @realDonaldTrump regarding your claim that Captain Khan would be alive if you were president," tweeted Jesse Lehrich, Clinton's foreign policy spokesman. "Go f--- yourself."

The Republican presidential nominee had said during the debate that Army Capt. Humayun Khan, the Muslim soldier killed in Iraq whose parents sparred with Trump this summer after appearing at the Democratic National Convention, would still be alive if Trump had been president because he wouldn't have approved the war in Iraq.

Trump has faced heavy criticism during the election cycle for demeaning Khan's parents.

Lehrich later apologized for his earlier tweet.

"I want to apologize for the clearly inappropriate nature and language of this personal tweet," he tweeted. "Sorry all."

Lehrich then sent this statement to Business Insider: "Needless to say, this was an inappropriate personal tweet that should in no way be taken as a reflection on our campaign. It was a crude visceral reaction, and it was my mistake and my mistake alone."

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Donald Trump bashes Hillary Clinton by quoting her husband …

Donald Trump is often described by Hillary Clintons campaign as the gift that keeps on giving. Now, Trumps campaignis saying the same thing about Bill Clinton, particularly his takedown of the Affordable Care Acts reduced coverage and higher premiums for some middle class Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Major Garrett.

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Bill called it a system, a crazy system and said that its the craziest thing in the world, Trump said Wednesday at a rally in Reno, Nevada.Trump quoted Bill Clintons critique of President Obamas healthcare law, as if he wished it were his own.

Youve got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have healthcare and then the people are out there busting it,sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half.Its the craziest thing in the world!Bill Clinton had said Monday in Flint, Michigan.

Promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump offered no details about what would replace it.

Theres only one way to stop Obamacare and thats to vote for Donald J. Trump, Trump said.

Hillary Clinton argued her husband was echoing her calls for reform, while Bill tried to clarify his comments.

Its been a tough slog for the last year for small businesses who are a little bit above the eligibility for any help from the government, Bill Clinton said Wednesday in Canton, Ohio.

For now, Trump is reveling in the thought of Bill in the dog house.

Can you imagine when he walked home to that beautiful home in Westchester, and he said, Hi Hillary, how was your day? Oh, did he suffer, Trump said.

Trump wrapped up a brief western state swing with three stops in Nevada, where he trails Clinton by six points in the most recent poll.

In Reno, Trump tried to school supporters on how to pronounce Nevada.

Ne-VAH-duh. Nobody says it the other way. Has to be Nevada. Right? Trump said.

Its actually pronounced ne-VAD-ah, and Nevadans defend that pronunciation zealously.

Trump is scaling back his schedule today for a bit of debate prep in New York before a hastily-arranged event Thursday night in New Hampshire, another state where Trump once led but now trails.

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