On Wednesday, Donald Trump addressed concerns that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee’s emails for his benefit.
He called it “a total deflection” and “far-fetched.” “I wish I had that power.” Trump asserted, “by the way, they hacked.” He added he hopes Russia has Hillary Clinton’s missing emails, which are likely to contain classified information. “They probably have her 33,000 emails. I hope they do. They probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted. Because you’d see some beauties there.”
In a rare occurrence, Trump also attacked Russia, saying “Russia has no respect for our country—if it is Russia. Nobody even even knows, it’s probably China.”
Trump later added, “I have nothing to do with Russia.”
That is demonstrably false, according to Trump.
TIME reported in November:
In June, the Washington Post reported:
Bloomberg also reported in March:
