Donald Trump: General election could be 'rigged'

US: US Republican party presidential candidate Donald Trump has suggested that he fears the November 8 presidential election "is going to be rigged" an unusual declaration by a US presidential candidate.

Speaking to a town hall crowd in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, Trump said;

"I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest," adding that he has been hearing "more and more" that the election may not be contested fairly.

The comments come after Trump first suggested that the Democrats had fixed their primary system so Hillary Clinton could win senator Bernie Sanders.

Trump also stated that the Republican presidential nomination would have been stolen from him if he had not won by a wide margins.

Trump then claimed that November 8 general election may not be on the up-and-up.

During an interview on Fox News Channel's Hannity, on Mondy, Trump said;

"November 8th, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged. And I hope the Republicans are watching closely or it's going to be taken away from us."