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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell branded Hillary as “greedy” and claimed Bill – who famously cheated on his wife with Monica Lewinsky while he was president – was “still d***ing bimbos”.

Powell – who is an African American – also said Trump was a “national disgrace” who was “taking black voters for idiots”.

The former four-star general – a pal of the Clintons – has confirmed the emails are real but provided no evidence for his sensational claims about Bill.

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Powell – who was head of the US military during the First Gulf War and served as Secretary of State under George W Bush – attacked fellow Republican Trump for incorrectly claiming US president Barak Obama was Muslim and demanding to see his birth certificate.

He wrote to a friend: "There is nothing he can say that will sway black voters so he might as well say it to white folks.

“He is at 1% black voters and will drop. He takes us for idiots.”

But the 79-year-old statesman – who also served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bill Clinton – was also scathing about Hillary.

He said he would “rather not” have to vote for his supposed-mate – who “screws up everything she touches.”

Spooks believe the emails – leaked to a US blog – were revealed by hackers linked to Russia.

Powell confirmed the thousands of hacked messages but declined further comment.

Trump has said he "never liked" Powell but Clinton’s campaign has declined to comment.