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Why did Donald Trump Jr. meet with a Russian lawyer?

Jul 26, 2018 · Bill Browder. American-born British businessman and political activist (born 1964) (LONDON) — The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump’s presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic...

Did Trump Jr. meet with Veselnitskaya?

Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr. Has Ties To Russian Government. Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, photographed on Nov. 8, 2016, met with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016. Russian lawyer Natalia ...

Is it illegal to meet Donald Trump Jr.?

Jul 10, 2017 · Donald Trump Jr. insisted on Monday that his meeting with a Russian lawyer in the middle of the campaign last year was benign, but the lawyer has a number of ties to Russian government officials. Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Trump Jr. , as well as Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort in June 2016, according to a …

Did Trump Jr. downplay the meeting?

Jul 10, 2017 · Lawyer who met with Trump Jr. has ties to Russian government. July 11, 2017 12:07 a.m. Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, photographed on Nov. 8, 2016, met with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016 ...

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Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, photographed on Nov. 8, 2016, met with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016. (Yury Martyanov/AP) Update 10:05 p.m. ET

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Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, photographed on Nov. 8, 2016, met with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016.

Man Who Says He Connected Trump Jr. To Russian Lawyer Put Trump Sr. In A Music Video

Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Monday they want to talk with Trump Jr. about the meeting. Trump Jr. tweeted that he was "happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know."

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The sanctions spurred a response from the Kremlin that included a similar blacklist in Russia — and also included a provision that bars Americans from adopting Russian children.

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, ...

Who is the spokesman for the Kremlin?

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.

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.