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The letter states "referred to the fact that the FBI had completed it's investigation". Then the letter states "I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow.... whether they contain classified information".

In plain English, the case was closed, but now there is new evidence and we're investigating it. Sounds like 're-opening' to me.

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They are in fact re-opening so they can ammend the findings. If it is determined that new emails warrant charges, she may be charged.

The real news story here is that this is what everyone will be talking about for the next weekend, that's three days, with a response by her on Monday. So, maybe four days. That's more than 30% of the remaining election cycle.

As Trump would say. This is big league.

FWIW according to CBS News, they never officially closed the investigation so nothing is in fact being re-opened:

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/792063653919031296

Normally Friday is a classic "dumping bad news" day because most people don't watch the news on weekends.

>Sounds like 're-opening' to me.

Why are we now shoehorning the real world in to TV speak?

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