Clinton on drugs and election rigged, claims defiant Trump

Candidate says media are conspiring against him to “elect her President”

Donald Trump has claimed the US presidential contest is rigged against him, vowed to jail his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton if he is elected and also suggested she was on drugs during their last debate.

Mr Trump accused the media and the Clinton campaign of conspiring against him to undermine a free and fair election, claiming: “The election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her (Mrs Clinton) President.”

Mr Trump was referring to several women who have come forward in recent days to say that the Republican nominee had groped or sexually assaulted them. He has denied the claims, calling the women liars.

Mr Trump also took to Twitter to warn: “100% fabricated and made-up charges, pushed strongly by the media and the Clinton Campaign, may poison the minds of the American Voter. FIX!”

He added: “Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted and should be in jail.

“Instead she is running for President in what looks like a rigged election.”

In a country with a history of peaceful political transition, his challenge to the US election’s legitimacy was a striking rupture of faith in American democracy.

Mr Trump has repeatedly claimed without offering evidence that election fraud is a serious problem and encouraged his largely white supporters to “go and watch” polling places in certain areas to make sure things are “on the up and up”.

Pictures: Getty. Trump, top, says Clinton should be in jail.