“It wasn’t that the mike didn’t work,” Mr. Trump said, during comments about the difficulties he had faced during the debate. But it came after Mr. Trump had spent days insisting he had had a “bum mike” and theorizing that there may have been foul play. But, ahead of the crucial second debate with Hillary Clinton on Sunday, they represented an adjustment by Mr. Trump of what had been a rallying cry portraying him as a potential victim of sabotage. “We’d like to reiterate, as the commission stated independently, that Mr. Trump experienced audio issues the night of the debate,” Ms. Hicks said. But it was moderated by a friendly conservative radio host, questions were screened in advance, and Mr. Trump spoke for only about 30 minutes.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2016 10:40 UTC