Agents are attempting to examine as many of the emails as possible before election day on November 8. However the fact that there are 650,000 emails has led to fears that the new investigation could last weeks, and, if Mrs Clinton wins the election, hamper the early part of her presidency.
“The process has begun,” a federal law enforcement official said.
Emboldened by the latest scandal to engulf the Democratic presidential nominee, Donald Trump now has a possible path to victory next week and has been targeting Democratic states. Mrs Clinton now leads by just a point in the latest Washington Post/ABC poll - she had enjoyed a 12-point margin last week.
The new emails were discovered on a device seized during an unrelated underage sexting investigation into former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, who is Ms Abedin's estranged husband.
It remains unclear what connection, if any, the newly discovered emails might have to the Clinton email investigation.
Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic
leader, last night accused James Comey, the FBI director, of possibly
breaking federal law by announcing the new steps in the email
investigation so close to the election.
“Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another,” Mr Reid wrote in a letter to Mr Comey.
“I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law.”
“Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another,” Mr Reid wrote in a letter to Mr Comey.
“I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law.”
Mr Trump rallied in Colorado and
New Mexico on Sunday, traditionally Democratic states. He then heads to
Michigan on Monday and Wisconsin on Tuesday - both of which have also
leaned towards the Democrats in recent presidential elections.
He now leads in the key swing state of Florida by four points, according to a New York Times Upshot/Siena poll released yesterday.
In Colorado, he raised questions about the state's postal voting system. "The one thing I worry about is the ballots," he said.
He now leads in the key swing state of Florida by four points, according to a New York Times Upshot/Siena poll released yesterday.
In Colorado, he raised questions about the state's postal voting system. "The one thing I worry about is the ballots," he said.
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