US election 2016: Trump cries foul as FBI clears Clinton
Donald Trump has accused the FBI of impropriety after it once again exonerated his rival Hillary Clinton of criminal conduct on her emails.
The FBI director said a fresh inquiry into the Democratic candidate's communications found nothing to change the bureau's conclusion this summer.
The Clinton campaign said it was "glad" the lingering issue had been resolved.
The dramatic twist lifted a cloud from her campaign as the final day of the marathon US election race loomed.
The latest opinion polls on Sunday, before news broke of the FBI announcement, gave Mrs Clinton a four to five-point lead over Mr Trump.
The Republican nominee cried foul after learning about the law enforcement bureau's decision.
At a rally in the Detroit suburbs, Mr Trump insisted it would have been impossible for the FBI to review what has been reported to be as many as 650,000 emails in such a short time.
"Right now she's being protected by a rigged system. It's a totally rigged system.
I've been saying it for a long time," he told supporters in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
At a rally in the Detroit suburbs, Mr Trump insisted it would have been impossible for the FBI to review what has been reported to be as many as 650,000 emails in such a short time.
"Right now she's being protected by a rigged system. It's a totally rigged system.
I've been saying it for a long time," he told supporters in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
"Hillary Clinton is guilty, she knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it and now it's up to the American people to deliver justice at the ballot box on November 8."
While Mrs Clinton herself did not address the FBI director's letter on the trail, her campaign said it was always confident she would be cleared.
In Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sunday, she said the country was facing "a moment of reckoning" and Americans must choose between "division and unity".
In July, the FBI said she had been "extremely careless" to handle classified material on a private email server as secretary of state from 2009-13, but it had found no evidence she committed a crime.
However, 11 days before the election, FBI director James Comey had pitched the race into turmoil by announcing a newly discovered batch of Clinton emails would be investigated.
The bombshell infuriated the Clinton camp, but threw a lifeline to a Trump campaign that had been receding in the polls.
In a letter to Congress on Sunday, Mr Comey said his investigators had "worked around the clock" on the latest emails, which were found in early October in a separate investigation.
The messages reportedly turned up on a laptop belonging to the estranged husband of one of Mrs Clinton's closest advisers, former congressman Anthony Weiner, who is accused of sending illicit messages to a 15-year-old girl.
Mr Comey said investigators had found no reason to change the FBI's earlier assessment that Mrs Clinton should not be charged for her handing of classified information.
Government officials told US media that investigators had established the newly found emails were either personal, or were duplicates of correspondence they had previously reviewed.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Mr Comey's conclusion "underscores the irresponsibility" of the law enforcement chief's notice late last month to Congress about Mrs Clinton.
Both candidates are set for a whistle-stop tour of battleground states on Monday, in a last-ditch dash for votes.
Mrs Clinton starts the day in Michigan, a traditional Rust Belt, Democratic stronghold that has been heavily targeted by Mr Trump in recent days.
She will then head to Philadelphia where she will be joined by President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, husband Bill Clinton and Bruce Springsteen.
The Democratic candidate will end her White House campaign with a midnight "get out the vote rally" in North Carolina.
Mr Trump heads to Florida, North Carolina and Philadelphia before ending with a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In states where early voting is allowed, nearly 42 million Americans have already cast ballots in the presidential election.
They have turned out in record numbers in crucial battlegrounds such as Florida, North Carolina and Nevada.
An estimated 126 million voters cast ballots in the 2012 White House election.
Source: BBC
While Mrs Clinton herself did not address the FBI director's letter on the trail, her campaign said it was always confident she would be cleared.
In Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sunday, she said the country was facing "a moment of reckoning" and Americans must choose between "division and unity".
In July, the FBI said she had been "extremely careless" to handle classified material on a private email server as secretary of state from 2009-13, but it had found no evidence she committed a crime.
However, 11 days before the election, FBI director James Comey had pitched the race into turmoil by announcing a newly discovered batch of Clinton emails would be investigated.
The bombshell infuriated the Clinton camp, but threw a lifeline to a Trump campaign that had been receding in the polls.
In a letter to Congress on Sunday, Mr Comey said his investigators had "worked around the clock" on the latest emails, which were found in early October in a separate investigation.
The messages reportedly turned up on a laptop belonging to the estranged husband of one of Mrs Clinton's closest advisers, former congressman Anthony Weiner, who is accused of sending illicit messages to a 15-year-old girl.
Mr Comey said investigators had found no reason to change the FBI's earlier assessment that Mrs Clinton should not be charged for her handing of classified information.
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| Hillary Clinton will hold a star-studded rally on Monday evening |
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Mr Comey's conclusion "underscores the irresponsibility" of the law enforcement chief's notice late last month to Congress about Mrs Clinton.
Both candidates are set for a whistle-stop tour of battleground states on Monday, in a last-ditch dash for votes.
Mrs Clinton starts the day in Michigan, a traditional Rust Belt, Democratic stronghold that has been heavily targeted by Mr Trump in recent days.
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| Nearly 42 million early voters like these in Los Angeles have already cast ballots |
The Democratic candidate will end her White House campaign with a midnight "get out the vote rally" in North Carolina.
Mr Trump heads to Florida, North Carolina and Philadelphia before ending with a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In states where early voting is allowed, nearly 42 million Americans have already cast ballots in the presidential election.
They have turned out in record numbers in crucial battlegrounds such as Florida, North Carolina and Nevada.
An estimated 126 million voters cast ballots in the 2012 White House election.
Source: BBC
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