Katy Tur Busts Trumps Latest Lie And Shes Got The Video To Prove It

President Donald Trump  now says he was joking at a rally when he called on Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton ’s emails during the 2016 presidential campaign. 

Trump on Saturday claimed he was “in an arena” at the time, telling a joke, being “sarcastic” and “having fun with the audience ” when he called on Moscow to hack his campaign rival in the now-infamous moment. 

But as MSNBC ’s Katy Tur pointed out on Monday, none of that is true.

Trump didn’t make the comments at a rally, and he wasn’t “having fun with the audience.” 

He made the comments at a news conference. And when given an opportunity at the time by Tur to back away from calling on a foreign power to help his campaign against Clinton, Trump didn’t indicate he was joking at all. 

He doubled down:

TUR: “You said I welcome them to find those 30,000 emails.”

TRUMP: “Well, they probably have them. I’d like to have them released.”

TUR: “Does that not give you pause?”

TRUMP: “Nope. It gives me no pause.” 

See her full analysis and the video footage, along with a discussion with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, in the clip above. 

(h/t Mediaite )