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Trump Directed Campaign Associates to Find Hillary Clinton's Emails, Muller Report Says
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Donald Trump and Michael Flynn, left, walk through the atrium of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., in September 2016.Mike Segar/Reuters
Former national security adviser Mike Flynn embarked on an effort to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails at Donald Trump's direction in the summer of 2016, enlisting the help of a Senate staffer and a longtime GOP donor, according to the special counsel's report.

Mr. Trump "asked individuals affiliated with his campaign to find the deleted Clinton emails," according the special counsel report. Mr. Flynn "recalled that Trump made this request repeatedly, and Flynn subsequently contacted multiple people in an effort to obtain the emails."

One of those people was Barbara Ledeen, a longtime Senate staffer who worked for Sen. Chuck Grassley, then the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Another was Peter Smith, a veteran GOP donor and political operative based in Illinois.

The Wall Street Journal has reported extensively on Mr. Smith's campaign to find Mrs. Clinton's emails. He was found dead in May 2017 at 81. His death was ruled a suicide. Ms. Ledeen was still a Senate staffer as of late last year, according to congressional pay records.

While she was Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton deleted roughly 33,000 emails from her personal server which her lawyers deemed personal. Many Republicans believe that those emails were improperly deleted and should have been disclosed to the public.

Mr. Smith and Ms. Ledeen had been in touch about collaborating as early as 2015 on a project to find Mrs. Clinton's emails — before Mr. Trump asked his associates to find them. They decided against working together, but continued on parallel efforts to find the deleted emails that lasted well into 2016.

Ms. Ledeen at one point obtained a cache of emails from the "dark web" that were purportedly from Mrs. Clinton's server. With the assistance of Erik Prince, a defense contractor and Trump supporter, it was determined that they were not authentic.

Mr. Smith kept at least one Trump campaign figure apprised of his efforts. He sent an email to Trump campaign co-chairman Sam Clovis about his efforts, claiming to be meeting in D.C. with groups that could assist on his email question. In other emails, he claimed to be in touch with hackers.

"The investigation did not establish that Smith was in contact with Russian hackers or that Smith, Ledeen or other individuals in touch with the Trump campaign ultimately obtained the deleted Clinton emails," the special counsel concluded.

Byron Tau
 
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