Donald Trump says he was being 'sarcastic' about Russia hacking Clinton's emails
Donald Trump said Thursday morning that he was being "sarcastic" about asking Russians to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails from her tenure as secretary of state.
He also said that he didn't know who had hacked into the Democratic National Committee's emails.
"Of course I am being sarcastic," Trump told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade in an interview that posted Thursday morning. "And they don't even know frankly if it's Russia. They have no idea if it's Russia, if it's China, if it's somebody else. Who knows who it is."
Trump set off a firestorm Wednesday when he encouraged Russia to hack into Clinton's emails.
"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," he said to a room full of reporters at Trump National Doral golf course. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."
_ Miami Herald
