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 didnt make the comments at a rally, and he wasnt 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 didnt 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. Id 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 )