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This part begins that Strozk is informed by Andy McCabe there are emails on Weiner's laptop, that might involve HRC and they are going to go to NY to find out more about them. Not a clue as to what is going to be disclosed within the next month.
Page stated she wasn't that much involved in this as she was concentrating on Russia.
McCabe spoke to Comey about the Weiner laptop in passing but does not recall it being a priority.
Comey was questioned about when he learned of the laptop and it's contents. Comey can't remember from the end of September to late October. He never gave it much thought or importance.
Randy Coleman, Bill Priestap and Mike Steinbach, had been informed of the laptop from Weiner on September 28th.
"On 09/28/2016, EAD Randall Coleman received for [sic] call from AD Bill Sweeney indicating team of Agents investigating Anthony Weiner sexting case had discovered emails relevant to Clinton email investigation. AD Sweeney advised team had halted further review and would be requesting guidance from FBIHQ. EAD Coleman agreed and advised he would notify FBI General Counsel James Baker and DD Andrew McCabe. The call was concluded. On 09/28/2016, immediately after call with AD Sweeney, Coleman telephonically contacted DD McCabe at his office number to advise him of the circumstance described by AD Sweeney. DD McCabe advised he had already been made aware of matter. "
McCabe has a terrible memory concerning this phone call from Coleman.
Sept. 29 the group talks back and forth with NY attorney as to what they can look at with the warrant they have obtained.
A conference call on the morning of the 29th involved 9 people. This was to discuss the Clinton emails found on the laptop.
They spoke of the volume of emails. whether they saw beyond the domain name. they had. they had seen her initials but had not gone over content.
Agent 2 stated that NYO reported seeing emails from the clintonemail.com domain. Analyst 1’s notes referenced the following domains: state.gov, clinton.com, hillary@clinton.com, clintonfoundation, and clintonemail.com. Analyst 2’s notes included a reference to “2007 dates on PC.
"FBI Attorney 1 explained: We didn’t know if it was the right timeframe. So, you know, Huma we knew, Huma had…worked for [Clinton] for a long time. So we weren’t sure of exactly, one, what, how much of the information on this was Huma’s versus Weiner’s. Because we thought it was his laptop. And then, two, whether it would have been relevant to the right time frame. We were looking for Clinton’s emails, not Huma’s emails. We also knew Huma had a clintonemail address, so she could have been using that for her own personal activities, so we just didn't know the full extent of what was on there."
They spoke with NY to be sure they understood the limited scope of the search warrant and made sure to emphasize they not look at content.