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| Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton escalate attacks – campaign live | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton escalate attacks – campaign live |
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| Ken Starr, the former independent counsel whose investigation into then-president Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment, has praised Clinton’s “redemptive process” and lambasted the populism that, he said, has divided the county, according to the New York Times. | |
| “His genuine empathy for human beings is absolutely clear,” Starr said at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia last week. “It is powerful, it is palpable and the folks of Arkansas really understood that about him - that he genuinely cared. The ‘I feel your pain’ is absolutely genuine.” | |
| Describing the years-long investigation into Clinton’s professional and personal life, which eventually lead to his impeachment by the House of Representatives, as “the unpleasantness,” Starr complimented Clinton as “the most gifted politician of the baby boomer generation.” | |
| “There are certain tragic dimensions which we all lament,” Starr said of the controversies of Clinton’s administration. “That having been said, the idea of this redemptive process afterwards, we have certainly seen that powerfully ... President Carter set a very high standard, which President Clinton clearly continues to follow.” | |
| Clinton’s tenure has been under increased scrutiny since presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted Clinton’s personal history as a way to discredit his wife, former secretary of state and likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. | |
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| Fiscal responsibility is a hard line to take when your ill-fated presidential campaign is still $900,000 in debt nine months after you threw in the towel. | |
| The latest federal filings shows that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, who famously won three elections in four years in a blue state, still has nearly $900,000 in debt from his unsuccessful run for the Republican nomination. Walker, who is likely to attempt for a third term as the Badger State’s governor in 2018, planned on paying off his campaign debt by the end of this year - but if the slowdown in donations to retire that debt are any indication, he may not have such an easy time. | |
| Walker’s presidential campaign took a mere $71,000 in April, down nearly half from the $128,000 received in March. | |
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| Donald Trump may be making an appearance in Albuquerque tonight, but the state’s high-profile Republican governor has told local news that she’s going to sit this one out. | |
| New Mexico governor Susana Martinez, whose name has been floated as a potential vice presidential pick since before the Republican party had even settled on a nominee, told NBC affiliate KOB4 that she’s too busy to see the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. | |
| “I’m really busy and I’m the governor of New Mexico and I’m really focused on what’s going on here in New Mexico,” she said, citing employment announcements and education initiatives. “I mean, those are the things I’m concentrating on and I’m going to keep concentrating on.” | |
| Asked if Trump’s campaign had reached out to her, Martinez responded, “No, he has not.” | |
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| Today's campaign agenda | Today's campaign agenda |
| Good morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s politics liveblog, where we’re expecting an escalation of hostilities between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the presumptive and likely nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties, after Trump doubled down on his decision to make Clinton’s marriage a target of his latest attack ad. | Good morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s politics liveblog, where we’re expecting an escalation of hostilities between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the presumptive and likely nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties, after Trump doubled down on his decision to make Clinton’s marriage a target of his latest attack ad. |
| The advert is on Instagram, and it raises allegations of sexual harassment or assault by Bill Clinton. | The advert is on Instagram, and it raises allegations of sexual harassment or assault by Bill Clinton. |
| In 1999, Juanita Broaddrick, one of the women whose voice was used in the Trump ad, alleged that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 when she was looking to volunteer on his Arkansas gubernatorial campaign. Clinton’s attorney denied the allegations on his behalf. Kathleen Willey, whose voice was also used, has claimed that the president sexually assaulted her during his first term in the White House. Clinton settled out of court with Jones for $850,000, and denied Willey’s accusations. | In 1999, Juanita Broaddrick, one of the women whose voice was used in the Trump ad, alleged that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 when she was looking to volunteer on his Arkansas gubernatorial campaign. Clinton’s attorney denied the allegations on his behalf. Kathleen Willey, whose voice was also used, has claimed that the president sexually assaulted her during his first term in the White House. Clinton settled out of court with Jones for $850,000, and denied Willey’s accusations. |
| Trump defended his use of unsubstantiated rumors and personal attacks on his likely opponent’s spouse on The O’Reilly Factor last night, telling host Bill O’Reilly that the Clintons were “dirty players” who had backed him into a corner. | Trump defended his use of unsubstantiated rumors and personal attacks on his likely opponent’s spouse on The O’Reilly Factor last night, telling host Bill O’Reilly that the Clintons were “dirty players” who had backed him into a corner. |
| “I don’t like doing that, but I have no choice,” Trump said. “When she hits me on things, I just have no choice. So you have to do it. It’s unfair. And you know they’re dirty players. they’ve been dirty players historically, and I have to fight back the way I have to fight back.” | “I don’t like doing that, but I have no choice,” Trump said. “When she hits me on things, I just have no choice. So you have to do it. It’s unfair. And you know they’re dirty players. they’ve been dirty players historically, and I have to fight back the way I have to fight back.” |
| O’Reilly didn’t ask about Trump’s decision to raise conspiracy theories that the suicide of White House counsel Vince Foster was actually murder. | O’Reilly didn’t ask about Trump’s decision to raise conspiracy theories that the suicide of White House counsel Vince Foster was actually murder. |
| Here’s what to expect from today: | Here’s what to expect from today: |
| Stick with us for live coverage throughout the day ... | Stick with us for live coverage throughout the day ... |
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