Trump turns up heat over Clinton email probe, as new poll shows neck-and-neck race

ABC puts Democratic contender at 46% to GOP rival’s 45%; Clinton slams ‘unprecedented’ FBI intervention; Trump denounces her ‘illegal’ conduct

Jennie Matthew and Dave Clark

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during “Go Out to Vote” concert at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami, Florida, on October 29, 2016. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP Photo 

Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against Hillary Clinton, seeking to exploit the FBI’s decision to reopen an investigation into her emails, as America’s bruising election campaign heads into its final stretch.

Just one point separates Clinton and Trump in a new ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, released Sunday morning, underlining Trump’s revived candidacy. Clinton leads by 46-45 percent, ABC said.

Just 10 days before the country goes to the polls to elect either the former US secretary of state or the bombastic Republican billionaire, America’s top cop James Comey has been thrust center stage.

The FBI director wrote to lawmakers on Friday, announcing that his agents are investigating a newly discovered trove of emails, renewing an enquiry that the Clinton campaign thought ended in July.

Trump pounced. Campaigning in the western state of Colorado, which has been leaning toward Clinton, he denounced what he called his opponent’s “criminal and illegal conduct,” to chants of “Lock her up!”

“This is the biggest political scandal since Watergate, and it’s everybody’s deepest hope that justice at last will be beautifully delivered,” Trump, 70, told a later rally in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Title and Text: Jennie Matthew and Dave Clark, The Times of Israel, October 30, 2016

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