Donald Trump on Asking Russia for Hillary Clinton’s Emails
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NOW
July 27, 2016
March 2, 2019
#DonaldTrump 7/27/16: "Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails." » #Trump 3/2/19: "You tell a joke…fake CNN and others say ‘He asked Russia to go get the emails.’" Click To Tweet
Donald Trump on Asking Russia for Hillary Clinton’s Emails
THEN
July 27, 2016
- July 27, 2016
If Russia or any other country or person has Hillary Clinton's 33,000 illegally deleted emails, perhaps they should share them with the FBI!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2016
Later that day at a news conference – not a campaign rally or in an arena – in Doral, Florida:
“And if it is Russia — which it’s probably not, nobody knows who it is — but if it is Russia, it’s really bad for a different reason, because it shows how little respect they have for our country, when they would hack into a major party and get everything. 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. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens. That’ll be next…
Reporter Katy Tur: “Do you have any pause about asking a foreign government — Russia, China, anybody — to interfere, to hack into the system of anybody’s in this country…”
“That’s up to the President. Let the President talk to them. Look, here’s the problem. Here’s the problem, Katy. Katy, here’s the problem, very simple. He has no respect…”
“You said the Russians, I welcome them to find those 30,000 emails…”
“Well, they probably have them. I’d like to have them released.“
“Does that not give you pause?”
“No, it gives me no pause. If they have them, they have them. We might as well—hey, you know what gives me more pause? That a person in our government, crooked Hillary Clinton — here’s what gives me pause. Be quiet. I know you want to save her. That a person in our government, Katy, would delete or get rid of 33,000 emails. That gives me a big problem. After she gets a subpoena! She gets subpoenaed, and she gets rid of 33,000 emails? That gives me a problem. Now, if Russia or China or any other country has those emails, I mean, to be honest with you, I’d love to see them.“
- July 27, 2016
American Presidency Project, July 27, 2016
News Conference in Doral, Florida
NOW
March 2, 2019
“These people are sick. And I am telling you, they know the game. They know the game. And they play it dirty, dirtier than anybody has ever played the game. Dirtier than it has ever been played.”
March 2, 2019 -
C-SPAN, March 2, 2019
Trump now claims it was just a "joke" when he asked Russian hackers to attack Hillary Clinton. Watch the footage side-by-side and judge for yourself. #gaslighting pic.twitter.com/zwq5W2xOrz — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 2, 2019
President Trump at Conservative Political Action Conference
WATCH: President Trump says he was joking when he asked Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails. #MTPDaily@KatyTurNBC: "In the moment, I pressed candidate Trump…and asked him, basically, were you joking?" pic.twitter.com/k8GMF8Xrh9
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 4, 2019
#DonaldTrump 7/27/16: "Russia…hacked — they probably have her emails. I hope they do." » #Trump 3/2/19: "If you tell a joke…CNN and others say, ‘He asked Russia to go get the emails.’" Click To Tweet