Getty Hillary Clinton may be linked to thousands of new e-mails, the FBI said

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The US security services said 560,000 e-mails on disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner's electronic devices are being searched as part of an investigation into him "sexting" a 15-year-old girl. They have now been granted a search warrant allowing them to analyse any emails related to Mrs Clinton. They had previously obtained another search warrant to look into emails relating to the "sexting" case. The FBI revealed thousands of the messages may be tied to Presidential candidate Mrs Clinton's personal server. The news comes about 48 hours after FBI Director General James Comey confirmed the FBI is re-opening an investigation into the Democratic candidate's use of her personal server during her time as Secretary of State.

She has repeatedly asked for further details over the weekend and condemned the announcement as "unprecedented and deeply troubling" over the lack of information. Talking to a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, she said: "I’m sure you’ve heard about a letter the FBI director sent out. "If you’re like me you probably have a few questions about it. "It’s pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election. "It’s not just strange, it’s unprecedented and deeply troubling because voters deserve to get full and complete facts.

Getty Mrs Clinton did not address the reinvestigation at a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday

“So we’ve called on Director Comey to explain everything, put it all out on the table. “Of course Donald Trump is already making up lies about this. "He is doing his best to confuse, mislead and discourage the American people. “I think it’s time for Donald Trump to stop fearmongering, stop disgracing himself, stop attacking our democracy, we can’t let him get away with this, can we?”

Her rival, Mr Trump, jumped on the announcement and told a rally in New Hampshire on Friday Mrs Clinton's "corruption is on a scale we've never seen before". He said the scandal was "bigger than Watergate" when then President Richard Nixon was found to be abusing his power which eventually led to his resignation. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, tweeted on Friday he had received information from the director of the FBI that the case into Mrs Clinton would be re-opened. He tweeted: “The FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation."

Getty Donald Trump said the scandal was 'bigger than Watergate'

Getty Anthony Weiner with his now estranged wife, Huma Abedin, who is vice-chair of Clinton's campaign

Mrs Clinton condemned the announcement after she said she had not been informed of the move before the world knew, and no details had been released. Last July it emerged Mrs Clinton had been using a private email server, rather than her state.gov one, for correspondence. The FBI spent a year investigating her use of the unauthorised account between 2009 and 2013, amid claims there were highly sensitive government secrets contained in some of her correspondence. Questions were raised that she may have broken federal laws as the transmitting of classified information over unsecured channels is forbidden.

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She has never denied her involvement in the fiasco, previously saying: “If I had to do it over again, I would, obviously, do it differently. ”But I'm not going to make any excuses. It was a mistake and I take responsibility for that."