First of all, the story involves *uranium* and not plutonium.  Second, Hillary was simply the last of seven different officials and agencies that had to give permission for the deal.  The uranium deal was approved by all the involved agencies that oversee the transfer of nuclear materials.  This story has long been debunked.

As for asking Putin to help him obtain Hillary's private emails, no prior candidate in U.S. history has ever asked a foreign nation to become involved in opposition research, especially a foreign nation that is hostile to the U.S..  I would think any and every Republican and Democrat would understand why we do not want hostile foreign nations becoming involved in our election campaigns.  Fortunately, Republicans in congress understand why.  I'm stunned that some Americans out there do not seem to understand why it is important to keep hostile foreign nations out of our democratic election process.