During his announcement, Comey said that Clinton turned over about 30,000 emails to the State Department in December 2014, but that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “also discovered several thousand work-related emails that were not in the group of 30,000 that were returned by Secretary Clinton to State in 2014”. “His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly unsafe”, she said at an election rally in Nevada.
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Clinton, meanwhile, kept up her verbal assault on Trump’s campaign, asserting in an MSNBC interview Friday that it is built on “prejudice and paranoia” and caters to a radical fringe of the Republican Party.
Visiting a battleground state he can’t afford to lose, Donald Trump promised Hispanics “a much better life” Wednesday in a Florida speech that continued his recent effort to soften his tone and broaden his support 11 weeks before the presidential election.
Many black leaders and voters have dismissed Trump’s message – delivered to predominantly white rally audiences – as condescending and intended more to reassure undecided white voters that he’s not racist, than to actually help minority communities.
“She created a private illegal email server in order to hide her corrupt dealings”.
Independent voters prefer Clinton slightly, 46 percent to 41 percent, while likely voters between the ages of 50-64 are split, with 46 percent behind Clinton and 47 percent backing Trump.
Clinton said the Bannon hire has led to a “de facto merger” between Breitbart and the Trump campaign represents a “landmark achievement” for a “fringe element that has effectively taken over the Republican Party”.
Does it matter? It could affect some of his supporters, despite the contention that nothing will deter them from supporting him in the fall.
The emails also stoked scrutiny of her family’s charitable foundation, including accusations that major corporate and foreign donors gave money in hopes of securing more access to then-Secretary Clinton. But the questions about emails and the foundation keep piling up, and she is certain to be challenged at the first debate with Trump on September 26. My work as secretary of state was not influenced by any outside forces. More than two thirds of those who think she’s being held to a higher standard say that’s because she’s a woman, while significantly fewer of those who think she’s being held to a lower one think her gender is the explanation.
So, Trump is not only wrong that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “just recently found another 15,000 more” emails, but he is making an unsupported claim that she deleted the emails to “cover up her crimes”. “If you’re president, you can’t”.
“We need that kind of leadership again”, Clinton said.
“This type of rhetoric and repulsive advertising is revolting and completely beyond the pale”, Trump surrogate Pastor Mark Burns said in a statement.
Trump has recently attacked Clinton in a series of speeches aimed at Hispanic and African-American voters, who polls show are largely rallying behind the Democratic candidate.
“Everything Trump promises comes with an expiration date”, Amanda Carpenter, Cruz’s former Senate communications director, told Politico on Wednesday”.
Now to wait and see how Donald Trump responds …
“Donald Trump has shown us who he is”. He has also complained about Clinton’s voice, questioned her appearance and said she is playing the “women’s card” to win.
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Lerer reported from Reno, Nevada.
