“Donald Trump has a long, troubling history of destroying and hiding important documents in lawsuits, but he thinks Hillary Clinton’s the one who should be going to jail.”— Kurt Eichenwald, newsweek.com
“The millions of people who vote for Trump are not doing it because of the worst things he said or did. That’s ridiculous. The Americans who are voting for Trump are doing it because they judge the situation of the country to be urgent. We’re at such a crucial point that you have to overlook personal…”— Peter Thiel, nytimes.com
“Clinton, whose rally speeches can sound stilted, has struggled to excite the young voters who were thrilled by Obama’s gifts as a communicator. But for some women of her generation, both professionals and homemakers, her preference for quiet labour over grandiose performance is familiar. Betsy True,…”— Daniel Dale, thestar.com
“A majority of the electorate finds Clinton dishonest and inauthentic. Clinton devotees see her as caring and truthful, her reputation the product of unfair, gendered criticism and caricature. ‘I think a lot of people find her cold and aloof. I don’t find that at all when I watch her. I see a very wa…”— Daniel Dale, thestar.com
“Where Sanders bitter-enders see a centrist or conservative posing as a progressive, her core supporters see a committed liberal with the record to prove it. Where Trump backers see a ‘career politician,’ they see a public servant with critical experience.”— Daniel Dale, thestar.com
“Older Democratic women, Tulchin said, care most about the historic nature of Clinton’s candidacy. They empathize with her professional experiences and career sacrifices. And as women who came of age during the era of second-wave feminism, he said, they were enthused by the active, political tenure a…”— Daniel Dale, thestar.com
“She gets home from the office around six. She feeds her teenagers. And then, around eight, Kim Mallonn, an Ohio human resources executive who has never been any kind of political activist, sits down in her suburban family room and wages a ‘one-woman Twitter war.’ Mallonn, 50, is just as committed to…”— Daniel Dale, thestar.com
“When I asked one senior Trump adviser to describe the scene inside, he responded: ‘Think of the bunker right before Hitler killed himself. Donald’s in denial. They’re all in denial.’”— Gabriel Sherman, nymag.com
“In advance of this story, The Post sent more than 70 questions to the Trump campaign. Those questions covered the individual anecdotes and statistics contained in this story, including the tale about Trump crashing the ribbon-cutting in 1996, as well as broader questions about Trump’s life as a phil…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“New findings, for instance, show that the Trump Foundation’s largest-ever gift — $264,631 — was used to renovate a fountain outside the windows of Trump’s Plaza Hotel. Its smallest-ever gift, for $7, was paid to the Boy Scouts in 1989, at a time when it cost $7 to register a new Scout. Trump’s oldes…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“The charity that Trump has given the most money to over his lifetime appears to be his own: the Donald J. Trump Foundation. But that charity, too, was not what it seemed. The Trump Foundation appeared outwardly to be a typical, if small, philanthropic foundation — set up by a rich man to give his ri…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“Instead, The Post found that his personal giving has almost disappeared entirely in recent years. After calling 420-plus charities with some connection to Trump, The Post found only one personal gift from Trump between 2008 and the spring of this year. That was a gift to the Police Athletic League o…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“Trump promised to give away the proceeds of Trump University. He promised to donate the salary he earned from ‘The Apprentice.’ He promised to give personal donations to the charities chosen by contestants on ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ He promised to donate $250,000 to a charity helping Israeli soldier…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“It’s like Humpty Dumpty fell and broke, then a giant lawn mower ran over it, acid was thrown on the pieces — and a bunch of racist idiots ran off with an arm and a leg. How do you put it back together? I don’t know.”— John Weaver, bostonglobe.com
“Which candidate would do the most to help our local economy? That’s easy. It’s Pat McCrory, the Republican governor of North Carolina, who’s seeking his second four-year term in the November election. We can point to specific and multiple ways he has helped the economy — our economy. North Carolina…”— The Roanoke Times, roanoke.com
“For as long as he has been rich and famous, Donald Trump has also wanted people to believe he is generous. He spent years constructing an image as a philanthropist by appearing at charity events and by making very public — even nationally televised — promises to give his own money away. It was, in l…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“In the fall of 1996, a charity called the Association to Benefit Children held a ribbon-cutting in Manhattan for a new nursery school serving children with AIDS. The bold-faced names took seats up front. [...] Then, all of a sudden, there was Donald Trump. ‘Nobody knew he was coming,’ said Abigail D…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“In a letter to Congress, the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said that emails had surfaced in an unrelated case, and that they ‘appear to be pertinent to the investigation.’ Mr. Comey said the F.B.I. was taking steps to ‘determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess th…”— Adam Goldman and Alan Rappeport, nytimes.com
“Federal law enforcement officials said Friday that the new emails uncovered in the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server were discovered after the F.B.I. seized electronic devices belonging to Huma Abedin, an aide to Mrs. Clinton, and her husband, Anthony Weiner.”— Adam Goldman and Alan Rappeport, nytimes.com