emails were found on a computer that was seized by the FBI during an investigation of former congressman Anthony Weiner who had been accused of sending explicit pictures to a minor. According to law enforcement officials, the emails were found on a computer used by both Weiner and his then-wife, top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Several hours later, Hillary Clinton responded to the decision of the Director by calling on the FBI to be fully transparent and to release "full and complete facts" on what the emails contained. On October 30, it was reported that 650,000 emails on Weiner's computer were to be investigated, potentially being relevant to this particular and other cases. 2018 midterm elections A caravan of migrants from Central America became the "October surprise" of 2018. President Trump tweeted information about the caravan, and later released a Republican television advertisement that many criticized as racist (Fox News, NBC, and Facebook removed the advertisement after they considered it racist and CNN refused to air it). The story dominated discussion on many news networks, with many pundits criticizing Trump. News host Shepard Smith said on his Fox News show that the migrant caravan "hysteria" was actually intended to stoke fear before the midterm election and ridiculed Trump's claims. 2020: Trump vs. Biden The 2020 October Surprises started off with the New York Times publishing an investigation into then-President Trump's taxes which reported that the president only paid $750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017. The article went on to state that the president was currently over 400 million dollars in debt. On October 16, Forbes published an article stating that the indebted amount is actually a sum of over $1 billion. On October 2, Donald Trump announced that he and Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. This was considered by many to be an October surprise, and this positive diagnosis was a part of a larger outbreak that occurred in the White House in October 2020, and had been traced back to the fast-tracked ceremony to announce Amy Coney Barrett as the successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat. The event has been described by top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci as a "super spreader" event which reportedly infected over 30 people, including senior White House officials. On October 13, a probe by US Attorney General William Barr into an Obama-era unmasking request of US civilian names