US Election 2016: Donald Trump secures Republican nomination


The Republican Party has nominated Donald Trump for president for US president as speakers hammered Mrs Hillary Clinton on day two of the Republican National Convention.

Mr. Trump is expected to accept the nomination on Thursday after state delegates formally selected him.

The theme of Tuesday in Cleveland was "Make America Work Again".

However, the speakers focused almost exclusively on attacking Mrs. Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a former prosecutor, held a mock trial for Mrs. Clinton as the crowd chanted "lock her up".

Mr. Christie and others criticised Mrs. Clinton's use of a private email account while she was serving as secretary of state.

However, an FBI investigation said she was "extremely careless" but found her actions didn't warrant criminal prosecution.

In a related development, as the second night of the Republican National Convention ended, Twitter erupted at the news that Donald Trump Jr.’s speech might also have been plagiarized, just like his stepmother Melania's speech on night one. 

In this case, the original source was F.H. Buckley, a law professor at George Mason University who writes for the American Conservative. 

However, the claim turned out to be a false alarm.



SOURCE: BBC News