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Why did Donald Trump Jr meet with a Russian lawyer?

The guest list expanded again Friday afternoon. When news broke last weekend that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian attorney at Trump Tower in …

How many people were in the Trump Tower Russia meeting?

When the New York Times broke the story of the meeting on Saturday, it named four people at the meeting: Trump Jr., former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, Trump Jr.'s brother-in …

What was the meeting between Trump Jr and Veselnitskaya about?

Report: Number of people in Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer climbs to 8

Did president Trump know about the meeting with the Russians?

Jul 11, 2017 · Donald Trump Jr. released an email chain on Tuesday that shows he agreed to meet with a Russian lawyer last June in order to obtain damaging information about his father’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. In the exchange published on Twitter by Trump Jr., his friend, music publicist Rob Goldstone, informed him that the “very high-level and sensitive information” was …

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May 16, 2018 · The 8 people who were in the room when Donald Trump Jr. met with the Russian lawyer at Trump Tower to get dirt on Clinton Veronika Bondarenko and Skye Gould Updated May 16, 2018, 8:51 AM

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So what was this meeting about?

Before Trump Jr. was set to meet with the Russian lawyer as his father campaigned for the presidency, Trump Jr. was told Veselnitskaya’s potentially damning information about Clinton was from the Kremlin, according to emails he released.

Was anyone else at the meeting?

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort also attended the meeting, along with a translator.

So did Trump Jr. break the law?

As Trump Jr. does not have a position in his father’s administration, he is not required to disclose foreign contacts, according to The Associated Press.

June 3, 2016

Goldstone emails Trump Jr. about setting up a meeting with a “Russian government lawyer” who is said to have damaging information about Clinton.

June 7, 2016

Goldstone emails Trump Jr. to settle on a time of the meeting, scheduled for the next day. Trump Jr. replies, saying Manafort and Kushner will also attend, and then forwards the email exchange to them.

June 9, 2016

2:22 p.m.: Trump tweets: “Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!”

Who is the Russian lawyer who has been accused of ties to the Kremlin?

Veselnitskaya is a prominent Russian lawyer who has been accused of having ties to the Kremlin. In an interview with NBC, Veselnitskaya said she didn't have the incriminating information that Trump Jr. was looking for and denied being connected to the government in any way.

Why did Paul Manafort get into hot water?

An adviser to Republican presidential candidates since the Nixon era, Manafort repeatedly came into hot water after the election because of his failure to disclose meetings with Russian officials.

Who is Donald Trump's son in law?

President Donald Trump’s eldest son and his son-in-law Jared Kushner met with a Russian lawyer with connections to the Kremlin during the presidential campaign, it was reported Saturday.

Who is the attorney for Kushner?

Kushner attorney Jamie Gorelick confirmed the meeting but called it brief and said he was asked to attend by Trump Jr. Gorelick said that Kushner left the meeting and other meetings off of a national security questionnaire, the SF-86, that was filed prematurely, and has since provided supplemental information including about ...

Did Russia interfere in the election?

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia was behind a covert plan to try and interfere in the presidential election to try and help Trump win. Russia has repeatedly denied the claims. Trump and other Republicans have claimed the alleged meddling did not affect the election’s outcome.

Why did Junior attend the meeting?

The Times followed up with the revelation that Junior attended the meeting because he was promised damaging information on his father's opponent, Hillary Clinton, in advance. So it wasn't just about adoption, Don?

Why was Michael Flynn fired?

Michael Flynn was fired for an extracurricular conversation with Kislyak, while Attorney General Jeff Sessions also appeared to lie about having met with the ambassador during his confirmation hearings. That, like Kushner's conspicuous omissions, would seem to constitute a felony, but nothing has come of it.

Did Don Jr. have any meetings with Russians?

In a New York Times profile that featured the presidential scion struggling to find a comfortable stump to sit on, Don Jr. also denied participating in any campaign-related meetings with Russians:

Is Kellyanne Conway a good source of information?

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway has never been a good source for information. Back in December, as we learned more about the extent of Russian interference in the election, Face the Nation 's John Dickerson asked Conway outright if there was any contact during the campaign between members of the Trump campaign and Russian officials:

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So What Was This Meeting About?

  • The arranged meeting took place at Trump Tower in the afternoon of June 9, 2016. At least eight people attended. When the meeting first became known, conflicting accounts of who attended circulated. With time, more names came forward. At first, Donald Trump, Jr. did not disclose tha…
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