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Clinton Jabs Trump for Staff Shake-Up
Hillary Clinton took a shot at Donald Trump's new staff shake-up during a rally in Cleveland, Ohio yesterday, where she also made a joke about the Republican presidential nominee's teleprompter use and hit him for not releasing his tax returns: "For anyone waiting for Donald Trump to suddenly become more responsible: Remember what a great American, Maya Angelou said. 'When someone shows you who they are, believe them,'" Clinton told the crowd, ABC's LIZ KREUTZ notes. "And I think it's fair to say that Donald Trump has shown us who he is. He can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. They can make him read new words from a teleprompter, but he's still the same man who insults gold star families, demeans women, mocks people with disabilities and thinks he knows more about ISIS than our generals," she continued. "There is no new Donald Trump. This is it." http://abcn.ws/2bu6suf
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New Clinton Ad Calls on Trump to Release Tax Returns
The Clinton campaign is taking its call for Donald Trump to release his tax returns to the next level. Today, the Democratic presidential nominee has unveiled a new television ad accusing her opponent of flip-flopping on the issue, ABC's LIZ KREUTZ reports. The 30-second spot, titled "Absolutely," opens with old footage of Trump saying if he ran for office he would "absolutely" release his tax returns -- something he has now yet to do. He and his campaign insisted that they cannot do so because he is under audit. http://abcn.ws/2bDM78P
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Trump Casts Doubt on Intelligence Community as He Receives First Briefing
Donald Trump received his first national security briefing in Lower Manhattan yesterday, but he cast doubt on the trustworthiness of some of the members of the intelligence community in an interview that aired last night. "Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country. Look what's happened over the last 10 years. Look what's happened over the years. It's been catastrophic," Trump said in an interview with Fox News. "I won't use some of the people that are sort of your standards, just use them, use them, use them. Very easy to use them. But I won't use them because they've made such bad decisions." The meeting between Trump and intelligence officials lasted about two hours, according to ABC's JOHN SANTUCCI. As first reported by ABC News Tuesday, Trump was joined at yesterday's briefing at FBI Headquarters by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Retired Gen. Michael Flynn. http://abcn.ws/2bz4Z72
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Kaine Talks About a Subject Clinton Rarely Mentions: Benghazi
While Hillary Clinton shies away from referencing Benghazi on the campaign trail, her running mate seems less hesitant to do so. For the second time in two days, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine brought up Wednesday the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya, referencing an incident that Republicans have tried to use to harm Clinton's White House hopes. At rallies in both Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, Kaine has contrasted the way Clinton reacted to families of Benghazi victims speaking at the Republican National Convention last month with the way GOP nominee Donald Trump reacted to the family of fallen Army Capt. Humayun Khan speaking at the Democratic National Convention. ABC's JESSICA HOPPER has more: http://abcn.ws/2bytaBD
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Meet the New Conservative Operatives Running Trump's Campaign
The two latest additions to Donald Trump's presidential campaign are well known in political circles and have close ties to the candidate. Steve Bannon, who has taken a leave of absence from his position as the executive chairman of conservative news site Breitbart News, was announced as the campaign's new CEO. Kellyanne Conway, a campaign strategist and pollster, has been named its new manager, ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY notes. While Bannon has been known for his role at Breitbart, his career extends beyond the web. Conway is the founder and president of the polling company inc./WomanTrend, a privately held company that analyzes market research and polling data. http://abcn.ws/2byJvaw
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Inside Trump's Complicated Relationship with the Press
One of Donald Trump's favorite targets throughout his campaign has been the media, and he has lobbed a flurry of insults at reporters, including repeatedly calling them "dishonest" as well as the "worst people." On the other hand, he has been the beneficiary of seemingly endless coverage from the time he descended an escalator at Trump Tower last year to announce his campaign, studies have shown. This week his distaste for the media appeared to reach a new level when he sent out a fundraising email calling for supporters to "help me fight back against the dishonest and totally biased media." Experts like Thomas Patterson, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, say the time is ripe for anti-media discourse, given that the public's trust in the press has reached record lows in recent years. But is the rhetoric going to pay off for Trump at the voting booth? ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY has more. http://abcn.ws/2b1fnFi
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What Has to Be Proved for Perjury Charges Against Clinton
Two top Republicans sent a letter this week to the leading federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. laying out their case for perjury charges against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over false testimony she gave to Congress. The letter cites several inaccurate statements she made when testifying in October 2015 about her use of a private email server, and it notes that the FBI's own investigation appears "to directly contradict several aspects of her sworn testimony." But is that enough to bring perjury charges? ABC's MIKE LEVINE looks at what the law requires and how it affected two recent high-profile cases. http://abcn.ws/2b1cvW0
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