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Donald Trump News Conference, July 27, 2016
On July 27, 2016, then candidate Trump held a news conference in Doral, FL. In this video clip, Trump starts by saying that Putin will respect Trump. He goes on to say that Putin does not respect then President Obama. The rationale is that if Putin respected our country, Russia would not try to hack into a major political party. So, what does Trump say next? He essentially invites Russia to hack into the computers of a US Presidential candidate. "But it would be interesting to see. I will tell you this. Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing … Let’s see if that happens.”
From Volume 1 page 49 of the Report, within five hours of Trump’s invitation, the Russians attacked Clinton’s personal office for the first time. Wittingly or not, President Trump sided with the Russians in attacking another US candidate.
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Headline: Donald Trump on Russia & missing Hillary Clinton emails (C-SPAN)