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Jul 21, 2017 · (Thomas Johnson/The Washington Post) By Andrew Roth July 21, 2017 MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump’s eldest son and other senior campaign advisers in a highly scrutinized...

Who is the Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr?

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia’s FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show. The documents show that the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, ...

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Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, has said she had “nothing whatsoever to do with us.”. Veselnitskaya has also said she is ready to testify to the U.S. Congress to dispel what she called “mass hysteria” about the meeting with Trump Jr.

Is Veselnitskaya a lawyer?

Veselnitskaya has said she is a private lawyer and has never obtained damaging information about Clinton. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, has said she had “nothing whatsoever to do with us.”. Veselnitskaya has also said she is ready to testify to the U.S. Congress to dispel what she called “mass hysteria” about the meeting with Trump Jr.

Exclusive: Russian Lawyer Responds to Donald Trump Jr. Emails

Her account appeared to contradict that of Trump Jr., who said on Sunday that the premise of the meeting was to discuss damaging information on Clinton that the lawyer was offering. When asked how Trump Jr. seemed to have the impression that she had information about the Democratic National Committee, she responded:

Russian Lawyer Says She Didn't Have Info That Trump Jr. Wanted

The New York Times on Monday reported that Trump Jr. was told in an email before the meeting that the information Veselnitskaya had was part of a Russian government effort to help his father’s candidacy. On Tuesday, Trump Jr. tweeted his email chain showing him making plans to meet with her — and confirming the Times report.

Lawyer who met with Trump Jr. speaks out

She described how Trump Jr. ran the meeting, which she said lasted 20-30 minutes. Two other men who she never met by name were also in the room. She said she only realized three days ago who they were after seeing their photos in the news.

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