Media Shocked over Trump's asking Russia to release Clinton's deleted emails

According to CNN," The GOP nominee's comments sparked an immediate furor at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, as well as claims by Clinton's campaign that Trump was endangering national security and even conspiring with a US foe. Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta denounced Trump's "irresponsible" comments from the convention floor, saying that the presidential candidate "asked the Russians to interfere in American politics."

The new developments over emails and alleged Russian espionage thickened the plot of the Cold War-style drama that has been gathering around the Democratic convention in Philadelphia all week after leaked messages between top party officials appeared on WikiLeaks and seemed to show that they had tilted the primary campaign against Clinton's opponent Bernie Sanders.

US officials have said there's "little doubt" that Moscow is behind the hack of emails from DNC servers.

In his comments, the billionaire businessman implied that he would be open to Moscow staging a new hack against the United States to find the emails, or that he wanted to use intelligence produced from earlier spying to benefit his political campaign.
"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," Trump said during a news conference in Florida.

"They probably have them. I'd like to have them released," he continued. "Now, if Russia or China or any other country has those e-mails, I mean, to be honest with you, I'd love to see them."

Trump's comments marked an extraordinary moment in a presidential campaign that has already overturned political convention. Clinton's campaign reacted swiftly, seeking to use Trump's comments to play into their larger narrative that the Republican nominee lacks the knowledge and temperament to commander in chief.

"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," said Hillary for America senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan. "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."

Speaking to CNN ahead of his Democratic convention speech on Wednesday, Panetta suggested the remarks raised questions about Trump's loyalty to the United States.

"No presidential candidate who's running to be president of the United States ought to be asking a foreign country, particularly Russia, to engage in hacking or intelligence efforts to try to determine what the Democratic candidate may or may not be doing," Panetta, a Clinton ally, said in an interview with Christiane Amanpour.
In an interview with Fox News Charles Krauthammer said that Trump's statement had set a trap for Clinton's campaign that they fell right into. If as they claim the 30, 000 deleted emails contain nothing more than Hillary Clinton's yoga schedule then why would it be a matter of nation security if Russia has them and would release them.

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