US Presidential debate: 'You would be in jail if I were in charge', Donald Trump tells Hillary Clinton

Hatty Collier10 October 2016

Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton “should be in jail” over her use of a private email server while she was US secretary of state as they clashed in a fiery Presidential debate.

The Republican presidential nominee said Mrs Clinton owed the American people an apology over the emails she deleted and “asset washed” from her server.

Mr Trump said he would appoint a special prosecutor to go after Mrs Clinton about her emails.

He said: "I hate to say it but if I win I'm going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.

"There has never been so many lies, so much deception.

Trump speaks during their presidential town hall debate
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"The people in this country are furious.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself."

In response, Mrs Clinton said: "It's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in this country."

Mr Trump replied: "Because you'd be in jail."

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Mrs Clinton said she was "very sorry" for using the server but that she takes keeping classified information secret very seriously.

She added there was no evidence that her actions led to classified materials winding up in the wrong hands.

Mr Trump accused Mrs Clinton of lying, and said she improperly destroyed more than 30,000 emails that he says should have been turned over to law enforcement authorities.

He said he was disappointed that Mrs Clinton had not been criminally charged.

Mr Trump also complained that the two debate moderators are not sufficiently pressing Clinton on the email issue.

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