Huma brought back in from the cold: Abedin is on the campaign trail again days after the FBI clears her boss of second email investigation

  • Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is back on campaign plane 
  • Reporters spotted Abedin aboard the plane late Monday night 
  • Abedin was effectively grounded after October 28, when FBI Director Comey announced the bureau was taking another look at Clinton's emails
  • She left Clinton's plane that night, and hasn't been back on since
  • But on Monday Comey revealed FBI was standing by its July decision – not to recommend criminal charges against the former Secretary of State

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor In Philadelphia, Pa

Published: 00:10 EST, 8 November 2016 | Updated: 04:42 EST, 8 November 2016

Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin finally made it back onto her boss's campaign plane for one of the final legs of Clinton's historic presidential run.

Reporters spotted Clinton's loyal aide aboard the plane late Monday night after Clinton's campaign rally in Philadelphia.

Bill Clinton and singer Jon Bon Jovi also were on board.

She was also backstage while the Democratic candidate gave a speech at North Carolina State University in the run-up to today's voting.

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Hillary Clinton's chief aide Huma Abedin, whose estranged husband Anthony Weiner was responsible for the latest email scandal was standing behind the former secretary of state as she waited to go on stage at North Carolina State University last night

Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin finally made it back onto her boss's campaign plane for one of the final legs of Clinton's historic presidential run

Reporters spotted Clinton's loyal aide aboard the plane late Monday night after Clinton's campaign rally in Philadelphia

Huma was seen again on the tarmac at Westchester airport after Clinton arrived home

The ride aboard 'Stronger Together' amounts to a show of support from Clinton, who got to breathe a sigh of relief Monday when FBI Director James Comey let her off the hook.

Abedin was effectively grounded after October 28, when Comey announced the stunning news that the bureau was taking another look at Clinton's emails.

It soon emerged that the bureau was examining the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, Abedin's husband, injecting Weiner's lurid activities into the presidential campaign, and making Abedin a distraction to her boss at the time her ultimate goal was within reach.

Abedin (pictured on October 28) was effectively grounded after October 28, when FBI Director Comey announced the stunning news that the bureau was taking another look at Clinton's emails

It then emerged that the FBI was examining the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep Anthony Weiner (left), Abedin's husband, injecting Weiner's lurid activities into the campaign. Abedin (right) then went to work at the campaign's Brooklyn headquarters after she was grounded

Abedin left Clinton's plane that Friday night, and hasn't been back on since. 

She has gone to work at the campaign's Brooklyn headquarters, and participated in a big bucks fundraiser in Washington along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour.

Then on Monday, just two days before Election Day, Comey dropped another bombshell, revealing that after a review of additional emails, the FBI was standing by its July decision – not to recommend criminal charges against the former Secretary of State.

On Monday, just two days before Election Day, FBI Director James Comey (pictured) revealed that after a review of additional emails, the FBI was standing by its July decision – not to recommend criminal charges against the former Secretary of State

The Democratic presidential nominee was with her husband, former US President Bill Clinton as they talked to reporters on her campaign plane in Philadelphia

The campaign never said if Abedin was being kept off for reasons having to do with optics, or other reasons.

Weiner, who DailyMail.com revealed is being investigated for online communications with an underage girl, then checked himself into a rehab facility that treats people with cybersex disorders.

Abedin therefore had to deal not only with the FBI situation, but with caring for her four-year-old son Jordan without an assist from her husband. 

Singer Jon Bon Jovi (left) was also on board the plane following the Philadelphia rally on Monday night 

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