The public request was also followed within five hours by Russian intelligence's first effort to infiltrate Clinton’s emails, the special counsel said. They sent 15 email accounts connected to Clinton's campaign malicious links, Mueller said. One of the campaign people Trump asked was Michael Flynn, who later told investigators that Trump repeatedly made the request, according to the report. Why this matters: This confirms for the first time that a senior Trump campaign adviser was involved in Smith’s pursuit to find Clinton’s emails. The Mueller investigation established that Smith communicated with “at least” Flynn and Clovis but did not find any evidence suggesting that Smith was in contact with the other Trump campaign officials.

Source: CNN April 18, 2019 11:41 UTC