President Obama slams FBI for ‘incomplete information’ on emails

“I do think that there is a norm that when there are investigations we don’t operate on innuendo and we don’t operate on incomplete information and we don’t operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made,” he said in a radio interview.

“When this was investigated thoroughly the last time, the conclusion of the FBI the conclusion of the Justice Department, the conclusion of repeated congressional investigations was that she had made some mistakes but that there wasn’t anything there that was prosecutable.”

“When she makes a mistake, an honest mistake, it ends up being blown up as if it’s some crazy thing. I wouldn’t be supporting her if I didn’t have absolute confidence in her integrity and her interest in making sure that young people have a better future.”

He did not mention Mr Comey by name but his comments have been widely interpreted as referring to the director who wrote to Congress advising of the seizure at the weekend which had an explosive impact on the last week the Democratic campaign.

An ABC Washington Post poll shows Trump taking the lead on trust over Mrs Clinton in the final week, although commentators suggest the gap was already closing before the latest email revelation.

On Wednesday both candidates began their final pitch for voters, campaigning in swing states as stockmarkets across Asia and the US fell and volatility rose.

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