When queried if he was urging a foreign nation to hack into the private email server of Mrs. Clinton, Trump simply directed the question to the President
U.S Presidential aspirant, Donald J. Trump has urged the Russians to 'hack' into Hilary Clinton's email saying he hopes the country is able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.
According
to a report by New York Times, Trump made the statement on Wednesday,
July 27, 2016 while fielding questions from Journalists.
Encouraging an adversarial foreign power’s cyberspying on a secretary of state’s mail, Trump said, “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.”
When
queried if he was urging a foreign nation to hack into the private
email server of Mrs. Clinton, the Republican Party nominee simply
dropped, “That’s up to the president. Be quiet, let the president talk
to them.”
Trump’s statement is coming at a time
when Russia is being accused of meddling in the U.S. presidential
election as two Russian intelligence agencies have been alleged to have
hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computer servers.
Meanwhile, Trump had earlier said, “I’m not going to tell Putin what to do. Why should I tell Putin what to do?"
Trump
had also said that if he becomes the President, the U.S.-Russian
relations will be so much better than if Clinton is elected.