Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook admitted late Wednesday that the election will be close. (AP Photo)
Clinton aides warn: 'It's going to be close'
Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook admitted late Wednesday that the election will be close, as he tried to rally the Democratic troops less than two weeks before Election Day.
"It's going to be close. No complacency," he tweeted.
The Clinton camp had previously expressed a confident aura, particularly as most polls show her ahead in the popular vote and the Electoral College race. Trump's team has said there is still a path to victory, and Mook said in a get-out-the-vote video released by the campaign the same day in which he admitted Trump is "absolutely right" that he can still win the White House.
"Make no mistake. With only 10 percent of votes cast, Donald Trumpcould win this election. But if each one of us makes our voices heard and we all vote, we're going to win," he said.
"Donald Trump has been going around telling people not to listen to the polls and saying that he can still win this race. Well you know what? He's absolutely right. Hillary's got the wind at her back but we can't become overconfident," said Mook, warning battleground states like North Carolina, Florida, and New Hampshire could go for Trump. "We've seen polls tighten since the third debate and we expect things to get even closer before election day."
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Republican nominee Donald Trump could have trouble grabbing headlines this weekend after Friday's "big" FBI bombshell. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Trump: 'Nothing as big' as FBI reopening Clinton case
Republican nominee Donald Trump could have trouble grabbing headlines this weekend after Friday's "big" FBI bombshell.
"I am in Colorado — big day planned — but nothing can be as big as yesterday!" Trump tweeted Saturday morning ahead of campaign rallies in Colorado and Arizona.
The "big" news for Trump was the FBI's decision Friday to reopen its investigation into Democratic Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.
The FBI reportedly discovered a batch of 1,000 emails in a laptop shared by Clinton's chief of staff Huma Abedin and her husband disgraced New York congressman Anthony Weiner.
The laptop was confiscated by the FBI months ago in conducting a separate investigation into Weiner's multiple sexting scandals.
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A close ally blasted Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton for sometimes having "the worst judgement" in an email released Saturday by WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Email: Clinton ally says Bill, Hillary sometimes have 'the worst judgement'
A close ally blasted Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton for sometimes having "the worst judgement" in an email released Saturday by WikiLeaks.
In the February 2015 email, Clinton adviser Neera Tanden sent word to John Podesta, now Clinton's campaign chairman, about a Washington Post article about how big donors were unable to commit money to a major super PAC supporting Clinton's presidential campaign because she had not announced her bid yet.
With the headline "Brock/Bonner," Tanden seemed to be referencing Democratic donors David Brock and Mary Pat Bonner when she began the email with "are a nightmare."
Tanden went on to express surprise that Esprit co-founder and Clinton friend Susie Tompkins Buell had not yet pledged a money donation to Priorities USA Action, as mentioned in the Washington Post article, citing an unnamed source.
"Really, Suzie Buell isn't giving to the superpac? I wonder how that got in this story," Tanden wrote.
She added, "Sometimes HRC/WJC have the worst judgement," using the initials for Hillary Rodham Clinton and William Jefferson Clinton. Clinton announced her second presidential bid in April.
"I'll be telling mary pat later this week that we aren't renewing her contract - wish me luck!" Tanden concluded.
The email was one of 36,190 emails released by WikiLeaks so far. The group has pledged to release another 14,000 before the Nov. 8 election.
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