Trump claims Clinton was ‘inappropriately’ given debate questions
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that Hillary Clinton had received questions ahead of a debate.
“Why didn’t Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions – she secretly used them!” Trump tweeted Thursday, adding: “Crooked Hillary.”
Why didn’t Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions – she secretly used them! Crooked Hillary.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016
{mosads}The GOP nominee did not clarify if he was referring to Wednesday night’s final presidential debate of 2016 or a debate that took place in the past.
Trump has previously attacked his Democratic rival after a recent WikiLeaks email dump appeared to show that Democratic National Committee (DNC) interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile had given the Clinton campaign a question for a CNN town hall event in advance.
In an email dated March 12, 2016, Brazile — a CNN political analyst and the then-DNC vice chairwoman — wrote to Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri about a question on the candidate’s stance on the death penalty with the subject header: “From time to time I get the questions in advance.”
In a statement, CNN said, “To be perfectly clear: We have never, ever given a town hall question to anyone beforehand.”
Earlier this week, Trump tweeted that Clinton “even got the questions to a debate, and nobody says a word.”
“Can you imagine if I got the questions?” he tweeted.
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