Donald Trump and his allies on Sunday stepped up claims that the US election is being rigged against him, as a new poll showed the Republican presidential candidate drifting further behind his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
Mr Trump said on Twitter that the US media was engaged in a co-ordinated effort with the Clinton campaign to undermine his prospects at the polls by running what he claimed were untrue stories of sexual misconduct.
Newt Gingrich, a Trump backer and former House speaker, said on ABC News that without the media’s “unending one-sided assault”, Mr Trump would be 15 points ahead. He added that voters should monitor polling stations, as Mr Trump has repeatedly urged, because elections have been “stolen” in the past.