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  • 2016-10-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Huma Abedin Cut FBI Deal, Kept Clinton E-Mails in 'Life Insurance' Folder? (en)
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  • Shortly after news broke on 28 October 2016 that additional Clinton e-mails were potentially located on a computer linked with aide Huma Abedin, rumors circulated that thousands of potentially incriminating documents were found in a computer folder titled life insurance, and that Abedin had cut a deal with investigators: The life insurance claim (which bore some similarity to the long-circulating Clinton body bags rumor) appeared to hit a tipping point with the tweet reproduced here, and numerous articles all cited that single uncorroborated item (which may have been meant as a wry joke). A slightly earlier tweet expressed the same notion, but again with no source link or reference: We were unable to find any descriptive claims (credible or anecdotal) involving Huma Abedin's purported life insurance folder that appeared prior to these tweets. However, not long before they showed up on Twitter, a commenter on the web site Zero Hedge made a similar remark (in what appeared to be a joking reference to the body count rumor): Articles containing the life insurance folder claimed cited only the tweets as a source. A popular related rumor held that Abedin cut a deal or negotiated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, presumably in relation to a criminal investigation into Clinton: On 30 October 2016, multiple blog posts claimed Abedin had turned on Clinton and began negotiating with the FBI: Those articles were based on a CNN article that stated: A correction to that article suggested that the original piece gave an inaccurate impression: However, the context of the source material made it clear that CNN reported Huma Abedin was cooperative with the investigation, not cooperating with investigators. The former suggested compliance without resistance, while the latter hinted Abedin was assisting law enforcement agents to protect herself in an attempt to build a case against Clinton. At the time the rumors began circulating, little was known about the 28 October 2016 e-mail investigation development (providing scant basis for informed speculation). No substantiated information suggests that Abedin required or sought immunity, or that she maintained a life insurance folder. (en)
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