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| Democratic convention live: Donald Trump calls on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails | Democratic convention live: Donald Trump calls on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails |
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| Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia hack Hillary Clinton’s email servers is not the first time he’s pushed for digital vigilantes to sabotage his political opponents: | |
| Attention all hackers: You are hacking everything else so please hack Obama's college records (destroyed?) and check "place of birth" | |
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| The Guardian’s Dan Roberts and Sabrina Siddiqui have more on Donald Trump’s assertions that the Russian government should hack into opponent Hillary Clinton’s email servers to release her private communications: | |
| Asked if he would handle Putin as a friend or an adversary, Trump said he would treat the Russian president “firmly” but expressed a desire to improve relations. | |
| “There’s nothing I can think of that I’d rather do than have Russia friendly, as opposed to the way we are now, so we can go and knock out Isis together with other people and with other countries. Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually got along with people?” | |
| Trump, who has faced questions about whether his business empire has been supported by funding from wealthy Russians also claimed he could not release his tax returns because they were under audit. | |
| “I’ll release them when the order is completed,” he said, while insisting there was no evidence to support claims of his ties to Russia. | |
| “But zero, I can tell you right now. I have nothing to do with Russia.” | |
| Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort, asked directly whether Trump denied having any financial links to Russian oligarchs, said: “That’s what he said – that’s what I said – that’s, that’s obviously what our position is.” | |
| As news of Trump’s apparent incitement reached the Clinton camp, Sullivan issued a statement denouncing his remarks, adding: “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. That’s not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue.” | |
| Related: Trump to Russia: hack Hillary Clinton's 'missing' emails and publish them | |
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| John Kasich is trying to split the difference between Donald Trump’s comments on Russian state-sponsored hacking and Hillary Clinton’s email servers: | John Kasich is trying to split the difference between Donald Trump’s comments on Russian state-sponsored hacking and Hillary Clinton’s email servers: |
| .@hillaryclinton put our security at risk, but Putin is not our friend; foreign meddling in US elections cannot be tolerated. | .@hillaryclinton put our security at risk, but Putin is not our friend; foreign meddling in US elections cannot be tolerated. |
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| Video: The Republican nominee said allegations of Russia hacking the Democratic National Committee emails to help him are “ridiculous” at a press conference Wednesday morning. Referring to Hillary Clinton’s emails that underwent a federal investigation, Trump said: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” | Video: The Republican nominee said allegations of Russia hacking the Democratic National Committee emails to help him are “ridiculous” at a press conference Wednesday morning. Referring to Hillary Clinton’s emails that underwent a federal investigation, Trump said: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” |
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| After Donald Trump’s comments at his press conference today, Hillary for America senior policy advisor Jake Sullivan following statement: | After Donald Trump’s comments at his press conference today, Hillary for America senior policy advisor Jake Sullivan following statement: |
| “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. That’s not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue.” | “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. That’s not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue.” |
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| Donald Trump, doubling down: | Donald Trump, doubling down: |
| 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! | 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! |
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| Bernie Sanders told delegates yesterday that Hillary Clinton “must become the next president” in his speech at the Democratic national convention. But away from the Wells Fargo Arena, his supporters have been holding anti-Clinton demonstrations. So has Sanders managed to convince diehard fans to vote for Clinton? The Guardian went to a #BernieOrBust rally to find out. | Bernie Sanders told delegates yesterday that Hillary Clinton “must become the next president” in his speech at the Democratic national convention. But away from the Wells Fargo Arena, his supporters have been holding anti-Clinton demonstrations. So has Sanders managed to convince diehard fans to vote for Clinton? The Guardian went to a #BernieOrBust rally to find out. |
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| Donald Trump encourages Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails | Donald Trump encourages Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails |
| In a whirlwind press conference from Doral, Florida, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told reporters that he had a message for Vladimir Putin and the Russian government: Please hack into rival Hillary Clinton’s email servers. | In a whirlwind press conference from Doral, Florida, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told reporters that he had a message for Vladimir Putin and the Russian government: Please hack into rival Hillary Clinton’s email servers. |
| “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing,” he said. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens. That will be next.” | “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing,” he said. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens. That will be next.” |
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| Mike Pence issues separate statement on Russian hacking | Mike Pence issues separate statement on Russian hacking |
| In an apparent bid to distance himself from Donald Trump’s assertion that Russia should hack Hillary Clinton’s private email servers, Indiana governor Mike Pence has issued a separate statement following Trump’s press conference this morning to “ensure there are serious consequences” for whoever hacked the Democratic National Committee’s email servers. | In an apparent bid to distance himself from Donald Trump’s assertion that Russia should hack Hillary Clinton’s private email servers, Indiana governor Mike Pence has issued a separate statement following Trump’s press conference this morning to “ensure there are serious consequences” for whoever hacked the Democratic National Committee’s email servers. |
| “The FBI will get to the bottom of who is behind the hacking,” Pence wrote. “If it is Russia and they are interfering in our elections, I can assure you both parties and the United States government will ensure there are serious consequences. That said, the Democrats singularly focusing on who might be behind it and not addressing the basic fact that they’ve been exposed as a party who not only rigs the government, but rigs elections while literally accepting cash for federal appointments is outrageous. The American people now have absolute and further proof of the corruption that exists around Hillary Clinton. It should disqualify her from office, if the media did their job.” | “The FBI will get to the bottom of who is behind the hacking,” Pence wrote. “If it is Russia and they are interfering in our elections, I can assure you both parties and the United States government will ensure there are serious consequences. That said, the Democrats singularly focusing on who might be behind it and not addressing the basic fact that they’ve been exposed as a party who not only rigs the government, but rigs elections while literally accepting cash for federal appointments is outrageous. The American people now have absolute and further proof of the corruption that exists around Hillary Clinton. It should disqualify her from office, if the media did their job.” |
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| House speaker Paul Ryan’s chief communications adviser has distanced the speaker from Donald Trump’s comments encouraging Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails and release them. | House speaker Paul Ryan’s chief communications adviser has distanced the speaker from Donald Trump’s comments encouraging Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails and release them. |
| “Russia is a global menace led by a devious thug. Putin should stay out of this election,” Brendan Buck told the Guardian. | “Russia is a global menace led by a devious thug. Putin should stay out of this election,” Brendan Buck told the Guardian. |
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| Closing line of Donald Trump’s press conference: | Closing line of Donald Trump’s press conference: |
| “I think it’s time for Hillary Clinton to do a press conference.” | “I think it’s time for Hillary Clinton to do a press conference.” |
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| Donald Trump has cited Hillary Clinton’s close adviser, Huma Abedin, as a reason why it is not “safe” to brief Clinton on topics relating to national security. | Donald Trump has cited Hillary Clinton’s close adviser, Huma Abedin, as a reason why it is not “safe” to brief Clinton on topics relating to national security. |
| “Uma,” Trump called her, is married to “Anthony Weiner, who’s a sleazeball and a pervert. Add that’s recorded history, right? I don’t like Uma going home at night and telling Anthony Weiner all of these secrets? How can Hillary Clinton be briefed on this unbelievably delicate information when it was just proven that she lied?” | “Uma,” Trump called her, is married to “Anthony Weiner, who’s a sleazeball and a pervert. Add that’s recorded history, right? I don’t like Uma going home at night and telling Anthony Weiner all of these secrets? How can Hillary Clinton be briefed on this unbelievably delicate information when it was just proven that she lied?” |
| Abedin has been targeted by conservatives who have accused her of being a Muslim Brotherhood fifth columnist, without evidence. | Abedin has been targeted by conservatives who have accused her of being a Muslim Brotherhood fifth columnist, without evidence. |
| Trump also declared that his son, Donald Trump, Jr., has no interest in running for mayor of New York City, a prospect that prompted Weiner to declare that he would come out of political retirement to beat him. | Trump also declared that his son, Donald Trump, Jr., has no interest in running for mayor of New York City, a prospect that prompted Weiner to declare that he would come out of political retirement to beat him. |
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| Donald Trump, on President Barack Obama: | Donald Trump, on President Barack Obama: |
| I think that President Obama has been our most ignorant president in our history. His views of the world, in his words, don’t jive. | I think that President Obama has been our most ignorant president in our history. His views of the world, in his words, don’t jive. |
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| Donald Trump has apparently endorsed the idea of Russian hackers targeting American citizens. | Donald Trump has apparently endorsed the idea of Russian hackers targeting American citizens. |
| Trump, when press by NBC’s Katy Tur whether he has any qualms about a foreign government like Russia employing hackers to find opponent Hillary Clinton’s emails, he declared: “No.” | Trump, when press by NBC’s Katy Tur whether he has any qualms about a foreign government like Russia employing hackers to find opponent Hillary Clinton’s emails, he declared: “No.” |
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| Video: Donald Trump's bizarre press conference | Video: Donald Trump's bizarre press conference |
| Watch it live: | Watch it live: |