During a news conference, Trump invited a foreign power to intervene in the election while referring to the emails missing from the private server Hillary Clinton had used as Secretary of State. He 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.”

The remark was immediately met with condemnation. When later challenged on his remark, he replied, “I’m not going to tell Putin what to do. Why should I tell Putin what to do?”

The Mueller Report later revealed attempts by Russian hackers to breach associated email accounts on the same day. However, the report did not find proof of conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia.

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