As Einstein proved early in the 20th century, bullshit moves very fast. With that in mind, I wanted to flag a point about this Fox News report last night about an FBI investigation of the Clinton Foundation. It’s already the centerpiece of Trump’s stump speech. The upshot of the report is that the FBI has a fairly advanced investigation of the Clinton Foundation, with lots of new information pouring in and that indictments are “likely.” This is needless to say pretty explosive information on the eve of a presidential election. But there are two pretty big problems with this story – both on Fox’s part and how the story was picked up and then distorted by The Hill and RCP.
Brazilian prosecutor opens a criminal investigation into pension fund investment in Tump’s Rio de Janiero hotel. Remember, there is a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the US. I’m sure the FBI is on top of it.
We have some increasingly positive early vote news in North Carolina this morning but some very disquieting news out of New Hampshire. Two polls this morning showing Trump in the lead in New Hampshire. That pushes New Hampshire into the Toss Up category. That’s a Blue Wall state.
It’s November 3 and the PollTracker Average stands at Clinton 46.5 percent, Trump 43.7 percent, a 2.8 percentage-point spread.
The TPM Electoral Scoreboard stands at Clinton 273, Trump 221. Florida, and North Carolina are in the Toss Up category.
It would seem that basically everyone at the FBI is leaking their sides of various internal disputes and turf wars, largely tied to various investigations of the Clintons or attempts to start investigations of the Clintons. That alone paints a picture of Director James Comey as having totally lost control of the organization. But the points of dispute themselves, well ….
Federal judge in North Carolina is deeply skeptical of the state’s process in which anyone can challenge and purge voters from the voting rolls: “This sounds like something that was put together in 1901,” she told lawyers for the state, who are defending the law and the thousands of purges carried out under it in the last few weeks. The NAACP is suing.
We’ve had a flood of state polls come out today. And I get emails each day with people asking me what I think, how’s it look, what’s happening? So I wanted to take a moment to take stock of where we are and who is likely to be elected President on Tuesday.
At a rally in Florida today, in a tear against the media, Donald Trump singled out NBC’s Katy Tur (a frequent Trump target who’s been threatened by supporters previously) by name. “You’re not reporting it, Katy!”
This in turn led the crowd to turn to the press pen and jeer Tur.
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It looks like early voting numbers, particularly among African-American voters, may be starting to move in a more positive direction for Democrats in Florida.