Further, were they turned over to the FBI from a hacker who, first, attempted to sell them to interested parties?

Evidence would indicate yes, there may be more emails coming to or in the hands of the FBI, acquired by a hacker.

From RadarOnline.com:

Hacker Removes Hillary’s UNRELEASED Emails From Sale, Turns Over To FBI

The person who hacked into Hillary Clinton‘s email server has pulled the emails off the block and turned them over to the FBI, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

“After speaking with my lawyers” the hacker told Radar exclusively, “I was advised I could not legally sell these, and to get rid of them and turn in everything I had to FBI.”

As Radar previously reported, the hacker had initially requested $500,000 for a collection of more than 32,000 emails of the presidential candidate’s that they had claimed to possess.

Radar confirmed that Clinton had privately used the AOL-based account, and had chatted about everything from serious international subjects such as situations in Benghazi and Algeria, to lighter topics such as Valentine’s Day.

Do you mean to say that Hillary would hearken to the AOL sound of “you’ve got mail“?

Further, the Techno Dude responsible for the actual setup of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email server system has decided that he is going to take the 5th regarding potential statements to the FBI and an investigatory committee.   What?  I don’t hear the sound of your jaw dropping in shock and dismay?

From YahooPolitics:

Exclusive: Former Clinton aide has rebuffed FBI and State Department investigators in email probe

by Michael Isikoff

The former aide to Hillary Clinton who helped set up and maintain her private email server has declined to talk to the FBI and the State Department inspector general’s office, as well as a congressional committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to Yahoo News.

The move by Bryan Pagliano, who served on Clinton’s 2008 campaign and later as a technology officer in the State Department, to decline to cooperate in two federal probes considerably raises the stakes in the Clinton email investigation, the sources said. It confronts the Justice Department with a decision about whether to grant him immunity in exchange for his testimony — a move that could be taken only were the department to escalate the probe into a full-scale criminal investigation, the sources said.

What that means is: at this point, Pagliano cannot be compelled to testify if he leans on the 5th Amendment regarding self-incrimination.

It’s no secret that those persons who “take the 5th” generally have what ordinary persons like myself believe is something to hide, no matter the mouth music from attorneys.

That said, the criticality could potentially be ratcheted up geometrically if Pagliano becomes the first person involved in this series of coverups to hook a deal and spill the proverbial beans.  The best deals always get afforded to those who roll the soonest.

In my opinion, there are a helluva lot of beans to spill.

It’s looking worse and worse for Hillary.

I couldn’t be happier.

BZ