Trump ‘Thanks’ Anthony Weiner Over FBI Email Revelations

Trump ‘Thanks’ Anthony Weiner Over FBI Email Revelations
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, in Tallahassee, Fla. AP Photo/ Evan Vucci
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Donald Trump over the weekend blasted rival Hillary Clinton over her emails but took the time to “thank” disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner.

“We never thought we were going to say ’thank you' to Anthony Weiner,” Trump told an audience in one of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s Venetian Hotel venues on Sunday night.

“To cover up her crimes, she bleached and deleted 33,000 emails after receiving a congressional subpoena,” Trump said. “But I have a feeling they’ve just found a lot of them, don’t you think? Have a feeling... Huma. They just found a lot of them.”

“Hillary has nobody but herself to blame for her mounting legal problems. Her criminal action was willful, deliberate, intentional and purposeful,” Trump said, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Hillary set up an illegal server for the obvious purpose of shielding her criminal conduct from public disclosure and exposure. She set up this illegal server knowing full well that her actions put our national security at risk and put the safety and security of your children at risk.”

Thousands of emails were discovered by the FBI in its investigation of Weiner, leading agents to re-open the case into how Clinton handled classified information on a private email server. On Sunday, the FBI obtained a warrant to search devices used by Weiner for emails that they believe might be related to their inquest, reports said.

Then-New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner during a news conference alongside his wife Huma Abedin in New York on July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Then-New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner during a news conference alongside his wife Huma Abedin in New York on July 23, 2013. AP Photo/John Minchillo, File
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