President Trump’s call for Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails during the campaign is being used as an argument to defend a man accused of trying to illegally access Trump’s tax returns.

President Trump’s call for Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails during the campaign is being used as an argument to defend a man accused of trying to illegally access Trump’s tax returns, reports Politico.
The case involves a 31-year-old private investigator named Jordan Hamlett who authorities allege tried--but failed--to access the financial documents of then-candidate Trump by taking advantage of a weakness in an online student financial aid system. 
As a Washington Post report explains, “Someone pretending to be a student could start the financial aid process, provide a false Social Security number and give permission for the IRS to automatically populate the FAFSA form with tax information.” 
The system has since been shut down, but Politico reports that Hamlett still faces a “federal felony charge of false representation of a social security number.” 
The Advocate notes that he has pled not guilty since being indicted in November, and his lawyer Michael Fiser has argued that the contents of a meeting Hamlett had with federal agents in October should not be admitted because he was not informed of his basic rights even though he allegedly admitted to breaking the law. 
Fiser wrote in a filing submitted on Sunday, “In their zeal to prevent the hacking of a presidential candidate -- a candidate who himself, ironically, openly encouraged Russia to hack his opponent -- agents breached Miranda procedures in failing to administer Miranda warnings before initiating Hamlett's interrogation…” 
Trump is believed to have been referring to Clinton’s ongoing email controversy when he said during a July news conference last year, “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” 
According to the Associated Press which cited testimony given during the hearing, investigating agents felt urgency in pursuing the matter because they “didn't know if Jordan Hamlett had been successful — and they feared a public release of Trump's tax returns could influence the U.S. presidential election.”