Declaring the system is rigged hours after FBI Director James Comey announced that it will not recommend charges against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her handling of classified information on her private email server, GOP nominee Donald Trump slammed the FBI's decision during a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.
"I'll tell you that we have a rigged system folks" Trump said. "General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very, very unfair!”
During his hour long rally to a crowd of 3,000 gathered in Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Trump focused most his remarks on criticizing the recent headlines centering Hillary email controversy and the news of the FBI decision.
"[Hillary] can't keep her email safe, and you know what folks, she sure as hell can't keep our country safe," Trump said. "She is laughing at the stupidity of our …show more content…
"I wonder how long he waited to go to the plane and then to have what happened today where essentially I thought everybody thought based on what was being said that she was guilty and it turned out, they were not going to press charges. It's just really amazing."
On President Obama campaigning with Hillary earlier in North Carolina, Trump lambasted the president for campaigning instead of doing his job as president. "We have a president who is out campaigning for 'Crooked Hillary Clinton' and he should be home working on ISIS where things are getting worse and worse," Trump stated. "It's like a carnival act... he knew that the FBI was going to do this because it would have been very uncomfortable for him to campaign with Hillary if they didn't take a pass on Crooked Hillary."
"So they take a pass, they announce they’re not going to press charges, lo and behold, a few hours later, let’s have a press conference, let’s do a speech together," Trump
"I'll tell you that we have a rigged system folks" Trump said. "General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very, very unfair!”
During his hour long rally to a crowd of 3,000 gathered in Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Trump focused most his remarks on criticizing the recent headlines centering Hillary email controversy and the news of the FBI decision.
"[Hillary] can't keep her email safe, and you know what folks, she sure as hell can't keep our country safe," Trump said. "She is laughing at the stupidity of our …show more content…
"I wonder how long he waited to go to the plane and then to have what happened today where essentially I thought everybody thought based on what was being said that she was guilty and it turned out, they were not going to press charges. It's just really amazing."
On President Obama campaigning with Hillary earlier in North Carolina, Trump lambasted the president for campaigning instead of doing his job as president. "We have a president who is out campaigning for 'Crooked Hillary Clinton' and he should be home working on ISIS where things are getting worse and worse," Trump stated. "It's like a carnival act... he knew that the FBI was going to do this because it would have been very uncomfortable for him to campaign with Hillary if they didn't take a pass on Crooked Hillary."
"So they take a pass, they announce they’re not going to press charges, lo and behold, a few hours later, let’s have a press conference, let’s do a speech together," Trump