The surprise word from FBI Director James Comey came after his agency discovered new communications on a computer jointly used by close Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, a former New York congressman, according to U.S. law enforcement officials. Clinton’s plane was mid-flight to a get-out-the-vote rally in Iowa when news of FBI director James Comey’s letter to Republican congressmen broke, telling them that the bureau had found emails that “appear to be pertinent” to the closed investigation into whether she mishandled classified information by email. The FBI and the New York Police Department have opened preliminary investigations of allegations that Weiner, a former New York Democratic congressman, exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a purportedly underage girl. • FBI open probe into Hillary Clinton's classified emails again after new messages are found

"No one will touch Clinton, despite odds which just a week ago would have caused a stampede to get on.”

Clinton’s lead could evaporate ­completely following the revelation the FBI have reopened the investigation into her use of a private email server when secretary of state. Earlier Friday, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said “it’s extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election.”

He followed up on that criticism in a heated conference call with reporters Saturday, saying Comey’s letter was “light on facts, heavy on innuendo, knowing full what Republicans would do with it. In his letter, Comey said he was not sure how long the additional review would take and said the FBI “cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant.”

The big question is whether the return of the email storm, which has overshadowed her entire campaign, will have an impact on any remaining undecided voters. James Comey, the FBI director, on Friday wrote to the chairman of congressional oversight committees that the “FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation” into the private server Clinton used when she was secretary of state. “Voting is underway, so the American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately,” Clinton said at a brief news conference in Des Moines, Iowa, adding it was “imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question, whatever it is, without any delay.”

Clinton said she was “confident whatever (the emails) are will not change the conclusion reached in July,” when Comey said he wouldn’t recommend criminal charges in the matter.
James Comey informs Congress that "the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear pertinent to the investigation." He says the FBI has not yet assessed the importance or significance of these emails.