As race tightens, Trump pounds on Clinton campaign's email leaks
Donald Trump and his inner circle considers battleground states like Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Iowa as good as won -- even if some public polls don’t always suggest that, CBS News’ Major Garrett reports.
With its own unique perspective on the data and the mood of the United States, the Trump campaign is nothing if not confident about the days ahead.
“In six days we are going to win the great state of Florida,” Trump said Wednesday.
Campaigning in the conservative Florida panhandle, he joked in the closing days that he could be his own worst enemy.
“No sidetracks, Donald,” he said at a Pensacola rally. “Nice and easy. Nice. Because I’ve been watching Hillary the last few days. She’s totally unhinged.”
Trump called his visit to the region a gift to his loyal followers, teasing advisers who had urged him to campaign in swing suburban districts instead.
“They did a poll of your area, and I’ll tell you we are through the roof,” he said. “My geniuses said, Mr. Trump, sir don’t come there, everyone’s voting for you there. You don’t need to go there, you’ve got their vote. I said, that’s why I want to go there.”
Over three stops Wednesday, Trump continued to pound on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee and his opponent.
“Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency,” he said in Pensacola.
“She’s so guilty. She shouldn’t be allowed to run for the presidency,” Trump continued in Orlando. “That’s why I say the system is rigged. She shouldn’t be allowed to run.”
And in Miami: “The work of government would grind to a halt if she were ever elected. She’ll be in court for her entire tenure.”
Trump highlighted new hacked emails, released by Wikileaks, showing assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik gave senior Clinton campaign advisor John Podesta a “heads up” in 2015 that a Justice Department official would be testifying before Congress and would likely face “questions on State Department emails.”
Podesta shared the email with campaign colleagues, writing that the testimony would provide “additional chances for mischief.”
“The spread of political agendas into the Justice Department -- there’s never been a thing like this that has happened in our country’s history,” Trump said in Miami.
The Clinton campaign declined to comment on that particular email exchange.