Why didn't Huma Abedin give the FBI immediate permission to examine the 650,000 Email?

Huma Abedin did not give the FBI immediate permission to examine the emails found on her estranged husband Anthony Weiner's laptop because she was reportedly unaware that her emails were stored on the device. The laptop was seized during an unrelated investigation into Weiner's alleged communications with a minor, and Abedin expressed surprise upon learning that her emails were on the laptop15.

The FBI needed a search warrant to access the emails because the initial warrant for the laptop was related to Weiner's case, not Abedin's emails34. Once the FBI discovered the emails, they obtained a new warrant to examine them, as they were potentially relevant to the Clinton email investigation23.

Abedin's lack of knowledge about the emails on Weiner's laptop, combined with the legal requirement for a search warrant, explains why she did not immediately grant permission for the FBI to examine the emails.