FBI refuses to disclose documents on call to Russia
Ed Pilkington in New York
Thursday 11 May 2017 06.00 EDT
... The then Republican presidential candidate .. made his .. comment at a press conference .. on 27 July. By that time Russia had already been accused by US officials of hacking Democratic National Committee emails in a bid to sway the election.
“I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said ...
The FBI’s refusal to disclose documents relating to Trump’s Russia hacking invitation was made in response to a freedom of information .. request last August requesting from the FBI “disclosure of any and all records, including investigative records, mentioning or referring to Donald Trump’s statement on 27 July 2016” ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/11/justice-department-fbi-documents-trump-russia-hack-clinton-email
