Donald Trump Says He Wants Russia to Find Clinton's Missing Emails

[Hissyspit]

Source: CBS News

https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSNews/status/758318428985954304

Donald Trump says he wants Russia to find Clinton's missing emails

ELECTIONS
Donald Trump says he wants Russia to find Clinton's missing emails
Republican presidential nominee speaks at Trump National Doral Miami

By Peter Burke - Local10.com Managing Editor , Associated Press
Posted: 10:12 AM, July 27, 2016
Updated: 11:22 AM, July 27, 2016

DORAL, Fla. - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed claims made by Democrats that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee emails to benefit his campaign.

Trump said he's never met or spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he said the incident with the hacked emails demonstrates that Putin and other world leaders no longer respect the United States.

He said it may not even be Russia behind the email breach and suggested that China may be the culprit.

Trump said that he hopes Russian hackers find and share Clinton's missing emails.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Trump told reporters Wednesday morning at Trump National Doral Miami. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."



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[Blue Idaho]

1. And people once thought the biggest danger

Was a "Democratic Socialist" running for President...

Looks like the Trump/Putin ticket is a real thing.

[Roy Rolling]

20. Easy to do!

The "missing" emails will be found on the same KGB computer that modified the DNC emails before releasing them.

[Sunlei]

2. Yah Putin, PICs please or all those beauty contestant fun 'Parties' never happened.

[Yallow]

3. And Find Karl Rove's Deleted (illegally) E-Mails Too

What Rove did was actually a real crime.

But who cares right Donald?

I mean other than Fox News Zombies.

[mpcamb]

44. And find Trump's tax returns too, while you're at it.

[Marthe48]

49. You should win the post :)

Well said!

[matt819]

4. This traitor is receiving intelligence briefings!! (nt)

[Friend or Foe]

5. And while they're at it.........

Maybe they can track down his missing tax returns.

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. That's up to Anonymous

Wikileaks will only release things that are damaging to Clinton because she wanted to extradite Assange for publishing stolen government documents. Assange is all about protecting his own ass now. He couldn't care less if Trump gets elected and causes the downfall of the entire planet.

[KittyWampus]

6. This is inappropriate. That is beyond inappropriate. He is unhinged.

[Kingofalldems]

7. So is it treason yet?

I think so.

[uawchild]

8. Wanna bet that Trump's poll numbers go up after this latest inanity?

Personally, I would not bet against that.

Good lord. Idiocracy is indeed upon us.

[Hissyspit]

11. I will not take that bet.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Says you.

[63splitwindow]

9. Is there anything, ANYTHING, this traitor would not hand to ANY foreign power...

if he thought it would benefit him or his candidacy to do so?

[sofa king]

12. Oh, damn!

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793

(a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation...

(c) Whoever, for the purpose aforesaid, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain from any person, or from any source whatever, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note, of anything connected with the national defense, knowing or having reason to believe, at the time he receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain it...

(g) If two or more persons conspire to violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.

(h)
(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States, irrespective of any provision of State law, any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, from any foreign government, or any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, as the result of such violation.

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Running for the position of Commander in Chief is unquestionably connected with the national defense. Some sources are estimating that Trump has received up to $300 million in loans and investment from Russia. He just openly conspired to commit espionage.

[Hissyspit]

13. And yet, he will get away with this.

[sofa king]

19. I'm not so sure about that, this time.

Trump isn't the son of a CIA director, surrounded by Defense industry magnates. He hasn't been nearly as able to conceal his financial relationship with the foreign entity performing the illegal acts, as Bush was able to conceal his prior financial relationship with Saudi Arabia and the bin Ladens.

Instead, he's surrounded by a bunch of knuckle-dragging racists and minor-league political managers--and servants of a foreign nuclear power--who appear to be at least as unaware of the definition of espionage as Donald Trump himself is unaware.

I am beginning to suspect that Trump is about to have a sit-down with the FBI, and they're going to offer him a deal: dropping out of the race would serve national security interests without having to imprison him for life.

I'm pretty sure he'll take that deal.

If it happens, it's going to happen fast, fast, fast, because if he wins he can exonerate himself, grant himself security clearances, and be protected from impeachment by the Republican Congress. The GOP could be brought on board with the prospect of being able to put together a second convention (in 2008 the conventions were in September).

[anamandujano]

26. Who would set this in motion?

"I am beginning to suspect that Trump is about to have a sit-down with the FBI, and they're going to offer him a deal: dropping out of the race would serve national security interests without having to imprison him for life. "

[David__77]

38. I cannot imagine that happening.

If the authorities have evidence of Trump breaking a law, then they can set legal machinery into motion.

[sofa king]

43. And they have, and they will

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-fbi-hack-dnc-russia-20160725-snap-story.html

But again, if elected, Trump can be tried and convicted, and still retain his office because it's Republicans in the Senate who would determine whether he stays or goes. If he drops out now, the national security crisis is averted before it starts, with little actual damage being done.

So the obvious play is to privately pressure him into dropping out of the race, let him make it look like it's his own decision, let him say whatever he wants about it, and slap his traitorous hand while thanking him for leaving.

[uawchild]

32. OF COURSE he will get away with it

He's Trump the teflon dictator.

He'll just claim he was joking, he'll make some snide remarks about Democrats having no sense of humor AND then I bet his poll numbers will go up because too many voters are simply brain-dead.

I am beginning to suspect that tRump spews this type of inane garbage as part of his GET OUT THE VOTE plan, his rabid supporters eat this crap up and THEY will show up in November.

[Zoonart]

15. We cannot let this go into the MSM memory hole

TRUMP=TREASON



Boom! goes the dynamite!

[tinrobot]

16. He's encouraging them to break federal law.

[Democat]

17. NYTimes "Trump sanctioning a foreign power’s cyberspying"

Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, essentially sanctioning a foreign power’s cyberspying of a secretary of state’s correspondence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html

[Botany]

18. So Trump was asking Russia to break the law?

n/t

[EricMaundry]

21. Trump is a colossal asshole

And probably a traitor.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Let's have the Russians release Comrade Don's tax returns, if they want to prove they are fair :)

[Iggo]

23. He didn't say he wants it. He actually asked them to do it.

That's insane.

[helpisontheway]

24. Is the media reporting it?

Working but don't see anything on news sotes. Also don't see it on his Twitter account?

He is just trying to get some attention because he know Obama and Biden are about to hand his @ss to him on a platter tonight. He wants to divert the attention from that. Figures if he says something crazy the media will follow that carrot instead of paying attention to what the convention tonight.

[maxsolomon]

25. Don't you see? It's just a joke!

I was "just saying". You Liberals are so literal - stop taking the Presidency so seriously!

If everything you say is a lie, then no one can hold you to anything.

[floriduck]

27. Trump may well know that those emails are already in the hands of Putin. I'm expecting more

Wikileaks dumps over time. If so, he just digs himself a bigger and wider hole to stumble into.

[markj757]

28. That was one of the most extraordinary press conferences I've ever seen by a nominee

He basically invited Russia to hack U.S. servers to obtain information, and if they already have it, he encouraged them to release the emails and they'll be rewarded by our press. Can anyone imagine how Putin is laughing with delight at that level of ignorance from a potential future President of the United States of America. It is absolutely stunning. It will be political malpractice if some of his statments are not worked into the speeches tonight, or definitely by Hillary tomorrow.

[TomCADem]

29. Republican Nominee Sanctions Foreign Espionage

...against political opponents.

[Grey Lemercier]

30. how can this TRAITOR get security clearance for briefings??

I am seriously losing my mind here.

[Laser102]

31. My husband and I just called our local FBI about trump encouraging foreign governments to hack

into the DNC and Clinton's computers with the promise of pay. I suggest everyone who is equally outraged do the same.

[world wide wally]

33. Ask them to find your income taxes too while they're at it.

Or would that sabotage your deal with them to bring down NATO?

[onehandle]

34. More proof that Trump is working with the new Soviet Russia. nt

[David__77]

39. I don't think there is much Soviet about Russia.

I consider the Russian government to be nationalist and conservative. While I think there were culturally conservative and nationalist aspects to the Soviet Union's later periods, I think they're very different political entities. Russia's form of government is much different from that of the Soviet Union.

[Corgigal]

35. Time to pull his top secret security clearance

Might be time to bump him down to secret, and if he can't shut up, then down the security clearance you go.

He forgets he's an American first, not a candidate.

[DesertRat]

36. This has huge national security implications

#TreasonousTrump

[BadGimp]

37. Dear God what has this man done?

This has got to be one of the most disgraceful things a Presidential candidate in the US has EVER done.

He has invited hackers from a foreign government to hack a former US Secretary of State, who is also his current Presidential campaign opponent. Sorry for stating the obvious but I am quite frankly too shocked yo think straight.

[uawchild]

41. He's STOLEN the news cycle is what he has done

Its all about distracting people away from the Democratic Convention. This has become clear over the course of the day.

[SDJay]

42. This From a Guy

whose whole message during that rant/speech last week was "I will keep you safe."

He's just torpedoed that argument.

The freaking guy will say anything to try to swing the media in his direction during the campaign. The folks at the convention have basically been ignoring him and putting out a wonderfully positive message for the most part. IMO that drives this piece of garbage crazy so he said this for attention. What scum.

I'm not sure how you handle this if your HRC/DNC. I'm sure they'll come up with a good approach.

[SunSeeker]

45. Could you imagine the outcry if Hillary had invited Putin to hack Trump to get his tax returns?

The shit they let Trump get away with is mind boggling.

[Botany]

46. "Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton’s emails"*

aka Trump urges breaking the law and Russia trying to fix US elections.

If Trump doesn't back down on this then he might not make to the election.

I don't know if he is calling for treason, or breaking the Hatch act, or just breaking
the law but this a BFD.

* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-national-convention-obama-biden-kaine-set-to-tout-clinton-as-commander-in-chief/2016/07/27/afc57884-53e8-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html

[mwooldri]

47. He should be asking Sarah Palin.

After all, if she can see Russia from her house she must be able to find the missing emails hiding out there.

[Blue_Tires]

48. Snowden was unavailable for comment

Ironic, since this is one of the things you'd expect him to be outraged about...

... Assuming of course he wasn't under total Russian control

[smirkymonkey]

50. WTF?

How is he getting away with this shit? Either he really wants to lose or he's gone completely mental.