Welcome to McClatchy’s Voter Survival Guide, an interactive presentation of daily events from one of the strangest presidential campaigns in modern history.
Just five days before the election, another batch of Hillary Clinton emails were released by the State Department.
The emails were released in response to a lawsuit and were turned over by the FBI. Many of the emails released are duplicates from the FBI’s investigation over Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Clinton’s campaign wants all of the emails released to the public as the FBI has decided that 22 of the emails contain information that would damage national security if released.
The Clinton campaign disagrees with this and wants all of the emails released to quash speculation about her use of a private server.
Multiple polls show the race continuing to tighten in the campaign’s final days, although Clinton is still the favorite over Donald Trump.
Melania Trump made a rare campaign speech on Thursday, defending her husband and somewhat curiously calling for less bullying on social media. Her husband was well-known for his caustic Twitter feed even before running for president.
Clinton and Trump would have their own unique challenges when it comes to governing the country.
The polls open nationally in 4 days. Let’s get started.
New emails released
Clinton’s run for president began with questions about her emails and it’s going to end with questions about her emails.
Less than a week before the election over a thousand emails were released as part of a lawsuit against Clinton, although most of the information was released previously and information deemed classified by the FBI was not released.
In a 2010 email from Clinton adviser Huma Abedin, suggested language was tossed around about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after he published State Department cables.
“We view this not as a ‘clever game’ of wiki leaks but rather as a ‘criminal act’ against the United States of America,” read the suggested statement. “He might think this is a clever game today-but when he is prosecuted and if convicted-he will move from being a clever-cyber thief to a convicted criminal--and will find out that's a whole different kind of game.”