"People are saying"

Il Duce just makes things up, you know.

Pence and Giuliani play along.

Without evidence, Trump suggests Clinton-scientist link

Republican Donald Trump and his allies are suggesting that rival Hillary Clinton's emails may be responsible for the death of an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed for spying for the United States, even though there is no credible evidence of any such link. 

Some emails released by the State Department that had passed through Clinton's homebrew server appeared to reference the scientist, Shahram Amiri.

Trump is using the "people are saying" sentence structure he often favors to make accusations:

"Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton's hacked emails," he tweeted Monday night.

Trump's vice presidential candidate, Mike Pence, said "it's absolutely essential that we get to the bottom of this."

It would be "heartbreaking," Pence said on "The Sean Hannity Show" Monday, if someone who had cooperated with the United States, "lost their life because of the recklessness and the carelessness of Hillary Clinton using a private server." 

He added that none of that is clear, but "the American people have the right to know."

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a prominent Trump supporter, doubled down on the claim Tuesday as he introduced Trump at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. Accusing Clinton of lying and being "extremely careless."

Iran executed Amiri this week for spying for the United States, acknowledging for the first time that the nation secretly detained and tried a man who was once heralded as a hero.