Washington — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pressed his attack on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s integrity as she struggled to get past a new firestorm over her e-mails with just eight days to go until election day. The announcement by FBI director James Comey that his agency is investigating more e-mails as part of a probe into Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server gave new hope to Trump that he can make an improbable comeback and win on November 8. The Clinton campaign and its supporters in the Democratic Party furiously attacked Comey for releasing information that raised questions but provided no details so close to the election. Some party leaders accused the FBI of a double standard, saying the agency was concealing damaging information about the Trump campaign. The FBI spent a year investigating Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server, instead of government systems, while she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. Comey concluded in July that while Cl...
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