WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
9:30 a.m.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his group did not get emails related to Hillary Clinton’s campaign from a state actor.
U.S. intelligence has blamed Russia for the hacked emails from campaign chairman John Podesta. In a statement Thursday, Assange said Wikileaks’ sources of the emails “are not state parties.” It does not say how it obtained the documents, noting only that the original sources are Podesta “and his correspondents.”
The wording of the statement does not rule out the possibility that the emails were obtained by a state actor and then provided to another party who then passed them on to WikiLeaks.
Assange says WikiLeaks will not reveal the identity of its sources.
The Podesta emails have shed light on some of the inner workings of the Clinton campaign.
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3:45 a.m.
Hillary Clinton has swept into normally Republican Arizona, buoyed by one of the largest crowds of her campaign and exhorting supporters to help her beat GOP rival Donald Trump.
Trump, meanwhile, campaigned with rare discipline Wednesday as he sought to close his gap with Clinton before next week’s election.
“‘Stay on point, Donald, stay on point,'” Trump, campaigning in Florida, teasingly quoted his staff as saying. “No sidetracks, Donald. Nice and easy. Nice and easy.'”
Trump can’t win the election without carrying Florida, underscoring how narrow his path to the White House is. Despite tightening polls, Clinton still has more options, which was underscored by her decision to make that late stop in Arizona, which has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1952.