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| US election: Trump will accept result 'if I win' | |
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| Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will accept the results of the US election "if I win". | |
| "I would accept a clear election result but I would also reserve the right to file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result," Mr Trump said. | |
| He appeared a rally in Delaware, Ohio, speaking for the first time since the third and final debate on Wednesday. | |
| Mr Trump came under fire during the debate for suggesting that he might not accept the election's outcome. | |
| When moderator Chris Wallace asked Mr Trump if he would accept a losing outcome to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump said he would "keep you in suspense". | |
| Mr Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, later clarified that the candidate meant he would not concede until the "results are actually known". | |
| The remark, which drew furor from some Republicans, is part of Mr Trump's repeated claim that the election is "rigged" against him. | |
| Mr Trump told the Ohio audience that the election "is having nothing to do with [him] but having to do with the fairness of our country". | |
| "I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States, that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election - if I win," he said, grinning. | |
| 'Lock her up' | |
| He also reiterated a claim he made during the debate against Mrs Clinton and President Barack Obama, who he said were responsible for inciting violence at a Chicago rally earlier this year. | |
| The crowd erupted into cheers of: "Lock her up!" | |
| He has faced damaging fallout after a video emerged of him making obscene remarks about groping women. | |
| When asked to address the allegations made against him by several women in the wake of the video, Mr Trump said the claims had been "largely debunked". | |
| More on the US election | |
| Polls suggest Mrs Clinton is ahead nationally and in key battleground states. |