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by ch4s3 3438 days ago
>For the 1000th time. He didn't (and it's amazing how often this gets repeated) 'invite' them. He said they should release the documents if they already had them.

The direct quote is as follows:

“I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,”

It's hardly a stretch to read this as an invitation, despite the later claims of his handlers.

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> It's hardly a stretch to read this as an invitation

It's an interesting Rorschach test.

What would be fascinating is to do an experiment where someone didn't have an emotional attachment to the issue and see how this is interpreted by different parties.

For that matter do the same with this issue merely see what people who fell on either side (or in the middle) thought.