That's it for today
With just 18 days until election day, both presidential candidates had a busy day campaigning across Michigan. The day ended with Trump taking the stage at a Detroit rally and Harris speaking from Oakland County, Michigan.
Earlier, a federal judge allowed the release of hundreds of documents used in special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case against Donald Trump, but the majority of them are redacted. What we can see mostly concerns the legal strategy Trump and his allies concocted to block Joe Biden from taking the White House, which may be presented to jurors whenever the case goes to trial. Meanwhile, reports have emerged that Trump has canceled interviews because he is “exhausted” – something his campaign denies – and is also considering holding a town hall with one-time rival Nikki Haley in a bid to woo female voters.
Here’s what else has happened today:
Trump said that some of the jokes he told at last night’s Al Smith dinner were written by employees of conservative network Fox – a breach of ethics, if confirmed.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of Germany, warned in unusually direct terms of the threat Trump could pose if returned to the White House, during a visit by Joe Biden to the country.
Kamala Harris’s campaign has enlisted singer-songwriter Marc Anthony for a campaign ad aimed at Latino voters in which he condemns Trump’s comments about Puerto Rico.
A House oversight committee report accused Trump of exploiting tax payer money by charging Secret Service agents and other federal officials higher-than-normal rates at his DC hotel.
Trump hit back on reports that he’s too tired to attend events.
An unnamed White House employee told an investigator for the January 6 committee that Trump watched the attack on the Capitol unfold from a White House dining room while drinking a Diet Coke. The detail was included in hundreds of pages of mostly redacted documents in the federal case against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Signing off.
Johana Bhuiyan, Diana Ramirez-Simon, Chris Stein, Anna Betts and Daniel Lavelle
Harris wrapped up her speech reminding her Detroit audience of about 3,500 to vote. In Michigan, early voting for most jurisdictions begins 26 October. For Detroit, it begins on 19 October. “Our vote is our voice and your voice is your power.”
