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Update<\/strong><\/em>: According to NBC’s Tom Winter, the FBI Vault twitter account “released all files pertaining to Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump, a few weeks ago. That was response to FOIA” and adds that “the release of WJC FBI files was sent by the FOIA office under normal guidelines. A proper requested was made -Pete Williams rpts…. The account, @FBIRecordsVault started tweeting several days ago after not tweeting for a year. The first tweet…. about Fred Trump’s files.” And now, it is tweeting about the Clinton Foundation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NBC News: The release of WJC FBI files was sent by the FOIA office under normal guidelines. A proper requested was made -Pete Williams rpts.<\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) November 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And then, the following choice piece: “the young federal prosecutor who ultimately decided not to charge Clinton or anyone else in “pardongate”… James Comey.”<\/p>\n Is it time for Comey to come clean?<\/p>\n And the young federal prosecutor who ultimately decided not to charge Clinton or anyone else in “pardongate”… James Comey. http:\/\/t.co\/1bTnFvmH9K<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) November 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n * * *<\/p>\n In what appears to be an unexpected, and very surprising, disclosure, moments ago the FBI released 129 pages <\/a>of heavily redacted records from its 15-year-old investigation into the Clinton Foundation and Bill Clinton’s 11th hour pardon of financier Marc Rich (less than a week before the election).<\/p>\n William J. Clinton Foundation: This initial release consists of material from the FBI’s files related to the Will… http:\/\/t.co\/Y4nz3aRSmG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) November 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to the FBI<\/a>, “this initial release consists of material from the FBI’s files related to the William J. Clinton Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The bulk of these records come from a 2001 FBI investigation into the pardon of Marc Rich (1934-2013), aka Marcell David Reich, by President Clinton in 2001; it was closed in 2005<\/strong>. The material is heavily redacted due to personal privacy protections and grand jury secrecy rules.”<\/p>\n The commentariat is, in a word, shocked by what this symbolic, and impromptu release means, with some wondering if it is payback for Clinton\u2019s blasting of the FBI.<\/p>\n A day after #HillaryClinton<\/a> blasted the @FBI<\/a>, the bureau releases 129 documents from it’s 2001 probe into #BillClinton<\/a>‘s Marc Rich pardon http:\/\/t.co\/HacetE5OY0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Fitzgerald (@FitzFox5DC) November 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A cookie for anyone who can offer a cogent defense of the timing here. http:\/\/t.co\/paRuAQePTf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dara Lind (@DLind) November 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Some are even calling it the first November surprise:<\/p>\n November surprise http:\/\/t.co\/F3aTy1IEoe<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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