now, inside there s a lot of ointrigue. look, the problem here is that there is a new york field office which first began handling the clinton matter. the e-mail server investigation and it was moved to headquarters where comey was closely monitoring the investigation. there s a lot of people in new york who are very angry about that and they frankly are getting a little revenge which you see in some of these stories that are out over the weekend. also some disagreement behind the scenes about whether or not the fbi has been going hard enough on the clinton foundation. there s some agents who have been wanting to send subpoenas and do more investigative work while others, including people at the justice department, feel that there is just not enough proof there to warrant more activity. so, he s been facing all of this and managing all of this and now you have this anthony weiner sexting investigation and that s why we re here where we are. because of these new rev revelations that rea
he has to say about this new timeline. that s where we find our jim acosta, senior white house corresponde correspondent. what do we expect to hear from trump? the clinton camp and the trump camp and to see the e-mails before the election. i think in terms of expectations, what you ll hear from donald trump, e-mails, e-mails and more e-mails. this candidate, his campaign, his supporters are positively giddy ever since the development that came crashing down on friday that the fbi is looking at these new e-mails that came to light as part of the investigation into anthony weiner s sexting investigation. now donald trump has something to talk about unflattering news cycles that have adversely affected this candidate in the past. take the case in point earlier today when donald trump was in las vegas talking to supporters,
e-mails of late. he was hacked. his e-mails released through wikileaks. he has been defending clinton and arguing that comey should release more information before the election. look at what he had to say this morning. so far, there s no charge of wrongdoing. there s no charge even that hillary and the reporting that backs it up coming from anonymous law enforcement sources indicates it may not be about her server. it may not be about her at all. i think this is something that has been tossed into the middle of the campaign. we would have preferred that that not happen. but now that it has happened, mr. comey needs to come forward and explain why he took this unprecedented step. reporter: there, of course, is a lot of unknown here. because this came to light in the context we know from our pete williams of that sexting investigation into anthony wiener who, of course, is married now estranged with huma abedin, the top aide to hillary clinton.
weiner s communication as part of this sexting investigation. we re told that soon after that, they were able to get these noon indications and they were able to look at the e-mails and that s when the team in the fbi new york office discovered there may be huma abedin e-mails that related to the hillary clinton investigation. they stopped doing their work immediately and brought in the team that had been handling the e-mail investigation and they started looking at that. so by early october, it certainly was clear that there was something here, that it was pertinent to the clinton investigation. so what we are trying to get clarification from the fbi on is why it took so long for any of this to be known. perhaps if they had disclosed this back then, the reaction from the clinton camp would not be so severe. they feel it was revealed so
switch to liberty mutual and you could save up to $509. call liberty mutual for a free quote today at liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. you re watching the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield. welcome back. we found out the fbi knew about this newly discovered batch of clinton related e-mails week ago. the bureau director didn t disclose the discovery until this past friday. e-mails were found as part of a sexting investigation into anthony weiner, the elstranged husband of clinton s top aide, huma abedin. jake tapper spoke to john podesta and asked why the e-mails were missing from the original fbi investigation. have you asked huma abedin what is on the computer and why