what do we know about the lawyer who met with trump, jr.

Why did Donald Trump Jr meet with a Russian lawyer?

Jul 14, 2017 · 07/14/2017 02:12pm EDT | Updated July 14, 2017. Ranit Akhmetshin, the Russian-American lobbyist and former Soviet military officer who accompanied a Russian lawyer to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. last year, is no stranger to scandal. Akhmetshin is roughly 50 years old and holds dual Russian-American citizenship.

Is it illegal to ask to meet with Trump Jr?

Jul 11, 2017 · Trump Jr.’s lawyer, Alan Futerfas, is a New York City attorney best known for defending alleged members of the mob and white-collar criminal suspects. Hiring Futerfas makes the eldest Trump the...

What was Trump Jr’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya about?

July 10, 2017 4:03 PM EDT Donald Trump, Jr., son of President Donald Trump, has found himself at the center of a political firestorm amid reports that …

What did Trump Jr say about the woman in the meeting?

Apr 18, 2019 · Trump Jr. wrote of the possible dirt, "Seems we have some time and if it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer." Ari Melber: Why Mueller did …

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Jul 10, 2017 · 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 statement Trump Jr. provided NPR.

Who is Alan Futerfas?

Futerfas is a New York City attorney with over two decades of experience in criminal defense, according to his law firm biography. He runs his own firm, which he opened in 1994. He has been listed as a New York “Super Lawyer” for the last four years.

Who has Futerfas defended?

One of Futerfas’s most well-known cases occurred nearly 20 years ago when he won a new trial for mob leader Anthony Russo. The case hinged on a revelation that a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent may have intentionally leaked information to trigger an organized crime war, Reuters reports.

Who Is Natalia Veselnitskaya?

Natalia Veselnitskaya is a Russian attorney who has represented several state-owned Russian businesses, according to the Times. In 2003, she launched her own law firm, Kamerton Consulting.

Why did Veselnitskaya want to meet with Donald Trump, Jr.?

Donald Trump Jr. said in a statement that an acquaintance who he knew from the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Russia had asked him to have a meeting with Veselnitskaya. Trump Jr. said he was told Veselnitskaya could have “information helpful to the [Trump] campaign,” although he was not given her name at the time.

Why was their meeting controversial?

Given the ongoing investigations by multiple congressional committees and special council Robert Mueller into any potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian interests, any interaction between Trump Jr. and a Moscow-linked lawyer is bound to raise concerns.

Ari Melber: Why Mueller did not charge Donald Trump Jr

Mueller said in his report that investigators did not believe they could prove Trump Jr. acted "willfully" when he possibly violated campaign finance law.

Trump's misleading statement to the press

According to Mueller's report, Trump was aware of the existence of emails related to the Trump Tower meeting by June 2017.

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In July 2017, senior White House aide Hope Hicks informed the president that The New York Times planned to publish a story about the meeting, Mueller wrote, and Trump became involved in the effort to craft a response.