Donald Trump to Russia: hack and publish Hillary Clinton's 'missing' emails
by Dan Roberts and Sabrina Siddiqui in Philadelphia, from Technology | The Guardian on (#1NNHP)
Republican nominee simultaneously seeks to distance himself from Vladimir Putin as Clinton campaign accuses Russia of interfering with US election
Donald Trump appeared to incite Russia to hack into and publish Hillary Clinton's private emails, as her campaign sounded "alarm" at growing evidence of a foreign power "interfering in an American election".
In the strongest US response yet to an alleged hacking of Democratic party computers, the Clinton campaign confirmed on Wednesday that she had been briefed by US intelligence officials who believe there is now a "weight of opinion" pointing to Moscow as the original source.
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