US Presidential Election
FBI drops Hillary Clinton e-mail probe, but Donald Trump is not letting it go
And some analysts fear the damage has already been done
Manchester, US — The FBI lifted the threat on Sunday that Hillary Clinton could face charges over her e-mails, leaving White House rival Donald Trump to demand that US voters punish her at the ballot box. With just one full day of campaigning left before election day, FBI director James Comey unceremoniously closed down his probe of the former secretary of state’s private server. The decision came as a relief to the Democratic camp, and Asian markets opened higher after a tense weekend in which it seemed the populist Republican might be close to a breakthrough. Trump came back fighting, and experts said the renewed scandal had already damaged the 69-year-old former first lady’s chance of becoming America’s first female president. Clinton’s lead almost halved, dropping from 5.7 to 2.9 percentage points in the week since the scandal returned, according to influential data journalist Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Clinton has booked a star-studded roster of supporters — headlined ...
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