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Donald Trump Challenges Russia to Find Hillary Clinton’s Missing Emails
New York Times ^ | JULY 27, 2016 | ASHLEY PARKER

Posted on 07/27/2016 9:38:31 AM PDT by reaganaut1

DORAL, Fla. — 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.

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr. Trump said, staring directly into the cameras. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

Mr. Trump’s call was an extraordinary moment at a time when Russia is being accused of meddling in the U.S. presidential election. His comments came amid questions about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computer servers, which researchers have concluded was likely the work of two Russian intelligence agencies.

Later in the news conference, when asked if he was really urging a foreign nation to hack into the private email server of Mrs. Clinton, or at least meddle in the nation’s elections, he dismissed the question. “That’s up to the president,” Mr. Trump said, before finally telling the female questioner to “be quiet — let the president talk to them.”

The Clinton campaign immediately accused Mr. Trump of both encouraging Russian espionage against the United States and meddling in domestic politics.

“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,” said Jake Sullivan, Mrs. Clinton’s chief foreign policy adviser. “This has gone from being a mattter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue.”

Mr. Trump has largely dismissed assertions that Russia was behind the Democratic committee breach as conspiracy theories — a view he reiterated again when he said the hack “is probably not Russia.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2016dncconvention; ashleyparker; dncleaks; espionage; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillaryemails; russia; russiadncemails; tedkennedy; trump; trumppresser; trumprussia
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To: reaganaut1

Once again Trump trolls the incompetent democrats and they do not even realize they are being trolled.


21 posted on 07/27/2016 9:45:53 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: reaganaut1

This is the Democrat media’s desperate attempt to deflect the fact that Hillary betrayed US intelligence when she hid her accounts on private servers that could easily be hacked by our enemies.
The Times never howled about her dangerous deception and betrayal of her office, as they are screaming that Trump has done... what?…made a joke of her obvious lie that 33,000 emails were about her daughter’s wedding and her mother’s funeral? Surely, the NYT scribblers have descended into active insanity, frothing at their mouths as their brains are deteriorating.


22 posted on 07/27/2016 9:46:14 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Brilliant

Like all of us the Brown Shirt Media can’t believe that a guy like Trump would want the headaches of running for, much less, being President. They take this to mean that he has to have some nefarious purpose and trying to discover it is making them even more crazy than normal.


23 posted on 07/27/2016 9:46:37 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: reaganaut1

Anyone notice that when “leaks” are made, the entire media colluded based on whether the leaks hurt or help (D) or (R)? There has been thousands of gallons of ink talking about the supposed source of the leaks, but very little ink outside of the conservosphere about the contents. This is the same tactic used against the climategate dumps. However, when somebody hacked sarah palins emails, the media literally hired thousands of people to read every last email and find any teeny tiny incriminating piece of text.


24 posted on 07/27/2016 9:47:23 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%en)
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To: reaganaut1

It is brilliant. The MSM and DNC’s initial reaction is going to be “How can you wish a foreign country to access top secret emails!”

In which he’ll reply “but she said they were all personal emails. Why should they be in their reach in the first place?”


25 posted on 07/27/2016 9:47:47 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: TroutFishingInAmerica

Well, McCarthy was a patriot. He would’ve loved Trump.


26 posted on 07/27/2016 9:47:59 AM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: reaganaut1

27 posted on 07/27/2016 9:48:21 AM PDT by Daffynition (Who will stop her?"We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

that showed it was tongue in cheek and sticking it to the press


28 posted on 07/27/2016 9:49:29 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Trump was referring to the 30k missing emails from Shrillary’s basement server.


29 posted on 07/27/2016 9:49:42 AM PDT by randita
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To: reaganaut1; All

About an hour ago Wikileaks tweeted this article at opensecrets.org from yesterday:

Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/07/leaks-show-dnc-asked-white-house-to-reward-donors-with-slots-on-boards-and-commissions/

(I’m dumping this here because i don’t think it’s been posted yet at FR as a stand-alone thread but i don’t have time to follow up on it. Don’t want it to get lost.)


30 posted on 07/27/2016 9:49:46 AM PDT by Nita Nupress (Dear Washington DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Donald J. Trump.)
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To: reaganaut1
Why not ask for help from a foreign government?

Our Movement led by DJT is not the old paradigm and dynamics of past D versus R politics as usual. Those old "rules" is what lead to the collapse of the GOPe, rule by an Islamic Supemacist, and the possibility of another Clinton in the White House.

31 posted on 07/27/2016 9:50:13 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Nita Nupress
He has 2 more appearances today, including an “Ask me any question” appearance on Reddit this evening. He knows exactly what he’s doing. lol!

Exactly! Was laughing at Rush's first half-hour. What Trump did was the same as Brer Rabbit telling Brer Fox to throw him in the briar patch. Brilliant!

32 posted on 07/27/2016 9:50:17 AM PDT by CedarDave (Democrats, socialists, progressives all hooked on OPM - Other Peoples Money.)
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To: randita

Missing the point. They’ve no admitted the emails are a national security issue.


33 posted on 07/27/2016 9:50:31 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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To: reaganaut1

Big blunder by Trump.


34 posted on 07/27/2016 9:50:57 AM PDT by RedWulf (End Free trade.)
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To: reaganaut1

I love Trump.

This is freak’n priceless!


35 posted on 07/27/2016 9:51:31 AM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: RedWulf

Horsecrap! The only people upset are those who weren’t going to vote for Trump anyway.


36 posted on 07/27/2016 9:52:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Dog

Here’s the thread


37 posted on 07/27/2016 9:52:06 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Clintion ruined a dress, but Obama ruined a Nation.)
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To: RedWulf

Ted, is that you?


38 posted on 07/27/2016 9:52:32 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: reaganaut1

Trump trolling the dumb Dems and the idiotic media LoL.


39 posted on 07/27/2016 9:52:52 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: EagleUSA
"BRILLIANT!!!"

No, utterly stupid. He's just gave the media a chance to make this about him instead of about Hillary and the DNC. A pathetic unforced error.
40 posted on 07/27/2016 9:53:15 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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