Makes sense, as FBI can say they were acting on “reliable information” from NYPD who presumably had a warrant for the sesting case, and didn’t break any rules themselves w/o a warrant for the Emails case.
beginning of Investigation TIMELINE-Weiner Sept 22, 2016
Prosecutors in the office of US ATTORNEY PREET BHARA have issued a subpoena for Anthony Weiner’s cell phone and other records, according to law enforcement officials.
The FBI and the New York Police Department have opened preliminary investigations of allegations that the former congressman exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a purportedly underage girl.
http://ktla.com/2016/09/22/us-attorney-investigating-weiner-sexting-allegations/
PREET BHARARA- goliath slayer
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/09/the-man-who-terrifies-wall-street