Donald
Trump encouraged Russia to commit a cybercrime against Hillary Clinton, saying
he hoped the foreign nation could recover some of her deleted emails.
“Russia,
if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are
missing,” Trump said at a press conference in Doral, Florida, Wednesday morning
after the second night of the Democratic convention. “I think you will probably
be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens.”
(FBI
director James Comey said in July of the investigation into Clinton’s private
email server, “The FBI also discovered several thousand work-related e-mails
that were not in the group of 30,000 that were returned by Secretary Clinton to
State in 2014.”)
Trump
also suggested Russia may already have the emails after a hack of Democratic
National Committee files, which the party learned of in the late spring. The
FBI announced Monday it is opening an investigation into the incident. “I hope
they do,” Trump said of Russia having the emails, which could contain
classified information. “You’d see some beauties in there.”
Clinton’s
team struck back, putting out a statement after Trump’s appearance accusing him
of encouraging “espionage.” The statement said, “This has to be the first time
that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to
conduct espionage against his political opponent. That’s not hyperbole, those
are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a
matter of politics, to being a national security issue.”
“I
don’t think its safe to have Hillary Clinton briefed on national security
because the word will get out,” Trump continued. He even lashed out at
Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin: “Her number one person Huma Abedin is married
to Anthony Weiner who is a sleazeball and a pervert,” Trump said. “I don’t like
Huma going home at night and telling Anthony Weiner all of these secrets.”
Trump
became combative with the press when they continued asking him questions about
his position. “Be quiet, I know you want to save her,” he said, interrupting a
journalist who pressed him on encouraging Russia to get Clinton’s emails. “I
could be here enjoying myself, I don’t need to be with you guys,” Trump said
later to the journalists.
Full
details: TIME
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