It wasn’t just the Democrats, Pat. A bunch of “conservative” hand-wringers spent a day or two moaning about it too.
...and then there is Fox News fruit, "Mr. eyeshadow" repeating the moron lie; I heard what Trump said and he was NOT encouraging Russia to "spy on "us..." It's like dealing with a gang of hysterical Jr. High School girls.
The Russians would no more react to my demand to STOP spying on us as to the imbecilic suggestion that they are susceptible to an invitation TO START SPYING ON US.
Those emails have been in enemy hands for years; the hard drives no longer exist. However finding and sorting 30,000 emails may take some time...
It takes a village of morons to keep flogging that dead horse.