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ByJuliePace and Jill Colvin The Associated Press NEW YORK DonaldTrump launched a blistering at- tack Wednesday on Hillary Clinton's record and charac- ter, slamming his presiden- tial rival as a "world class liar" who raked in personal profits from her tenure at the State Department. The billionaire businessman claimed, "She gets rich mak- ing you poor." Trump's broadside marked his opening salvo in a general election faceoff with Clinton that has al- ready turned bruising and deeply personal. The pre- sumptive Republican nomi- nee called Clinton the "most corrupt" person to ever run for president and accused of her of spreading "death, destruction and terrorism" while serving as the nation's top diplomat. Clinton, campaigning in North Carolina, called Trump's charges "outland- ish lies." "He's going after me per- sonally because he has no answers on the substance," Clinton said. "All he can try to do is try to distract us." Trump's tone was pointed yet measured as he ticked through several of Repub- licans' favorite critiques of Clinton, including her use of private email as secre- tary of state and her role in responding to the attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Several of his claims were inaccurate or exagger- ated, including incorrectly saying she wants to spend hundreds of billions to re- settle Middle Eastern refu- gees in the United States. Wednesday's address came at a pivotal moment for Trump's presidential campaign. The political nov- ice has struggled with the transition to a general elec- tion race, getting bogged down by self-created con- troversies and failing to in- vest in the staff and infra- structure needed for the fall campaign. Earlier this week, Trump abruptly fired his cam- paign manager Corey Le- wandowski, a move widely viewed as an acknowledg- ment of a need to recali- brate his organization. A new fundraising report re- leased hours after Lewan- dowski's firing underscored how much ground Trump has to make up: He started June with just $1.3 million in the bank, a stunningly paltry amount for a major party nominee. Even as Trump blasted Clinton,hereturnedtosome of the core themes that first powered his surprising pres- idential campaign. He railed against professional politi- cians and urged Americans to seize an opportunity to shake up a "rigged" system. "This election will decide whether we're ruled by the people or the politicians," Trump said, standing be- fore a friendly audience in a ballroom at his hotel in New York's SoHo neighborhood. While he assailed Hillary Clinton in personal terms, Trump did not make any mention of former President Bill Clinton's indiscretions, despite raising those issues earlier in the campaign. The real estate mogul did make a direct appeal to support- ers of Clinton's primary ri- val Bernie Sanders, remind- ing voters that the Vermont senator,too,hasraisedques- tions about her judgment. Like Trump, Sanders also generated enormous enthu- siasm among voters frus- trated with Washington. Turning to his own plans as president, Trump argued that his opposition to a ma- jor Asia Pacific trade pact and his hard-line immigra- tion position would be more beneficial than Clinton's for blacks and Hispanics, two groups that have over- whelmingly voted for Dem- ocrats in recent presidential elections. The Republican said Clinton has pledged to "end virtually all immigra- tion enforcement and thus create totally open borders in the United States."While Clintonhascalledforapath- way to citizenship for mil- lions of people living in the U.S. illegally, she has also called for focusing enforce- ment on "detaining and de- porting those individuals who pose a violent threat to public safety." Trump frequently refer- enced sources of informa- tion that have been widely questioned, including the book "Clinton Cash" by Pe- ter Schweizer. The book ar- gues Clinton and her hus- band used the State Depart- ment to enrich their family, but it does not provide evi- dence of direct connections between business dealings by foreign interests, some- times involving the Clinton Foundation, and decisions by Clinton when she was secretary of state. An Associated Press re- view of State Department calendars did show that she opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic party fundraisers, Clinton loyalists and corporate do- nors to her family's global charity. The AP found no evidence of legal or ethical conflicts in Clinton's meet- ings. PRESIDENTIAL RACE Trump lambastes Clinton: 'She gets rich making you poor' MARYALTAFFER—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York on Wednesday. By Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press WASHINGTON What about Bernie? Sanders was mathemat- ically eliminated from the Democraticpresidentialrace earlier this month, but the Vermont senator isn't ready to bow out and that means highly trained Secret Ser- vice agents shadow his ev- ery move at a cost to taxpay- ers of tens of thousands of dollars a day. Sanders,whotoutshisfru- gality and espouses cost-sav- ingnationalpolicies,haslaid off much of his staff and is no longer holding campaign events or rallies. Yet every day a detail of Secret Service agents protects a man who won't be president. As many as 50 agents are involved in protecting each candidate on a daily basis. The Secret Service won't saywhattheagencyisspend- ing to protect Sanders. But former Secret Service Direc- torMarkSullivantestifiedin April 2008 that the agency was spending about $37,000 to $38,000 a day to protect presidential candidates, in- cluding then-Sen. Barack Obama. Sullivan told a bud- get panel at the time that the agency expected that cost to be about $44,000 a day as the campaign "tempo" picked up. Though a specific cost is hard to pin down, it's fair to say that Sanders' protective detail costs U.S. taxpayers tensofthousandsofdollarsa day. Since 1968, major presi- dentialcandidateshavebeen afforded a protective detail starting about 120 days be- fore the election. But candi- dates can and have asked for protectionwellinadvanceof thenominatingconventions. POLITICS What about Bernie? Still running and keeping security detail Please help sponsor a classroom subscription Call Kathy at (530) 737-5047 to find out how. ThroughtheNewspapersinEducation program, area classrooms receive the Red Bluff Daily News every day thanks to the generosity of these local businesses & individuals. 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