Trump Says He Hopes Russia Finds Clinton's Deleted Emails

Donald Trump said he has "never spoken" to Vladimir Putin amid allegations that his campaign colluded with the Russian president to hack Democratic National Committee emails. But the Republican presidential nominee encouraged Putin to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails.

"I've never spoken to him. I don't know anything about him other than he will respect me," Trump said during a press conference this morning in Doral, Florida. "I have nothing to do with Russia."

"By the way, if they hacked, they probably have her 33,000 emails. I hope they do," Trump continued. "They probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted."

A handful of cybersecurity firms have concluded that Russian hackers were the likely culprits of the DNC email release that Wikileaks published last week. An executive at Fidelis told ABC News on Monday that Russians were to blame "beyond a reasonable doubt."

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that accusations that Moscow was responsible for the hack are "absurd."

"If it is Russia," Trump said at the press conference today, "It shows how little respect they have for our country."

Trump added: "It's probably not Russia."

The real estate mogul said that he would be "so much better for U.S.-Russian relations" if elected president. But he refused to tell Putin to stay out of the presidential election.

"I'm not going to tell Putin what to do. Why should I tell Putin what to do?" Trump retorted.