Clinton riding high on media ‘crooks, thieves’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has slammed the “disgraceful” media for allegedly favouring Hillary Clinton saying without its “dishonesty and deceit” his Democratic rival would be nothing.

At an election rally in the crucial swing state of Florida, the 70-year-old Mr Trump described the media as crooked and thieves.

“These thieves and crooks, the media — not all of it, but much of it. They’re the most crooked — they’re almost as crooked as Hillary. They may even be more crooked than Hillary because without the media, she would be nothing,” said Mr Trump.

“Without the media, Hillary Clinton would be nothing. They’re disgraceful. Just remember that. Without the dishonesty and deceit of the media, Hillary Clinton would be nothing, nothing,” he said.

Mr Trump reiterated his allegation that the system was rigged. He said the best evidence of the rigged system was the fact that Ms Clinton, despite her many “crimes” was allowed to run for the presidency.

Mr Trump alleged that Ms Clinton bleached and deleted 33,000 e-mails, lied to Congress under oath, made 13 telephones disappear, some with a hammer, and then told the FBI that she could not remember 39 different times.

“That the leadership of the FBI and the Department of Justice let Clinton off the hook for her crimes against our nation is one of the saddest moments in the history of our country,” he said.

Mr Trump added WikiLeaks showed how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter-suppression technique. “That’s happening to me all the time. When the polls are even, when they leave them alone and do them properly, I’m leading. But you see these polls, they’re polling Democrats,” he said.