The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
FBI chief gives Clinton a poll boost
Review of new emails has found no illegality
A review of new Hillary Clinton emails has “not changed our conclusions” from earlier this year that she should not face charges, FBI director James Comey told the US Congress.
Mr Comey sent the letter yesterday, just two days before election day.
In July, he chastised Mrs Clinton’s use of the private mail server but said that the bureau would not be recommending criminal charges against the Democratic nominee.
The new letter follows one Mr Comey sent late last month in which he said agents would be reviewing newly discovered emails that may be connected to Mrs Clinton.
They were found on the computer of Anthony Weiner, the disgraced congressman and estranged husband of Mrs Clinton’s close aide Huma Abedin.
As campaigning accelerated before tomorrow’s election, Mrs Clinton aimed to hit high notes, hoping an uplifting message would wash away voters’ disgust with the gruelling presidential contest.
Donald Trump vowed he and his supporters would never quit, as he charged into unexpected territory.
The candidates embarked on one of their final tours of battleground states, shifting to their closing arguments to weary voters deeply divided along racial, economic and gender lines.
With national polls showing her retaining a slender edge, Mrs Clinton enlisted allies and A-listers for help at stops in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Hampshire. She planned to campaign with Cavaliers star LeBron James in Cleveland, and rally voters in Manchester with Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father whose indictment of Mr Trump delivered an emotional high point for Democrats.
Mr Trump, meanwhile, had stops in five states, including Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania – states that have long proven unfriendly territory for Republican presidential candidates. But buoyed by a late surge of momentum, Mr Trump declared that his loyal, white working-class voters will deliver an upset tomorrow.
“Our secret weapon is the American people who are saying, ‘enough is enough’,” vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence said on Fox News Sunday.
Mr Trump was rushed off stage on Saturday at a rally in Reno, Nevada, after someone near the stage shouted “Gun!” according to the Secret Service. But a search revealed no weapon.
Mr Trump returned a few minutes later to resume his remarks and declared: “We will never be stopped.”
The Clinton campaign says it is focusing on securing its firewall in the West and upper Midwest.
Mrs Clinton started her day with the largely African American congregation of Mount Airy Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia.
President Barack Obama planned to rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan today, before joining Mrs Clinton for a rally in Philadelphia this evening.