Report: Emails under FBI review in Hillary Clinton case came from Anthony Weiner's electronic devices

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(Associated Press)

Emails sparking a renewed FBI probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state were reportedly discovered after the agency seized electronic devices belonging to top aide Huma Abedin and her husband, Anthony Weiner.

FBI Director James Comey told congressional leaders Friday that the agency uncovered new emails related to the closed investigation into whether the former first lady or her aides had mishandled classified information.

The new emails, he said, had come up in an unrelated case, but appeared "to be pertinent" to Clinton's investigation.

The FBI was taking steps to determine if they contained classified information, Comey added.

Federal law enforcement officials told the New York Times that the newly uncovered emails came from Abedin and Weiner's seized electronic devices.

Weiner, who separated from Abedin in August, has been under FBI investigation for allegedly exchanging sexually explicit texts with a 15-year-old girl.

The Associated Press and NBC further reported that the emails under FBI investigation were not from Clinton and did not come from her private server.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump raised concerns about Weiner's proximity to Clinton's campaign following news that Abedin was separating form the former congressman.

"I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information. Who knows what he learned and who he told?" Trump said in late August. "It's just another example of Hillary Clinton's bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this."