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When did Jared Kushner's meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya take place?

Jul 09, 2017 · Donald Trump Jr. and Kushner Met With Russian Lawyer During Campaign President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner met with a Russian lawyer reportedly linked to the Kremlin...

What was the meeting between Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr?

Sep 13, 2021 · Back in July, 2017, The New York Times broke the story that based on confidential documents the publication had obtained, Jared Kushner and Paul J. Manafort, Trump's campaign chairman at the time, had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign. The purpose of the meeting, the documents revealed, was for the campaign to gain exclusive and damaging …

Did the Crown Prosecutor of Russia meet with Trump’s father?

Jul 08, 2017 · According to a report first published Saturday by the New York Times citing confidential government records that were described to the newspaper, the meeting took place at Trump Tower between Trump Jr., Kushner and Natalia Veselnitskaya, a …

What was Trump Jr's meeting with a Russian lawyer about?

Jul 10, 2017 · In a statement, he said he had met with the Russian lawyer at the request of an acquaintance from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, which his father took to Moscow.

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2 hours ago · How Jared Kushner and the Trump admin traded U.S. foreign policy for $2 billion. April 11, 2022, 5:18 PM. Chris Hayes: “Essentially, the Trump administration sold U.S. foreign policy, Jamal Khashoggi's life, and American principles on liberal democracy and freedom of the press for $2 billion that went straight into Jared Kushner's pocket.”.

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Background

Prior to the Trump Tower meeting, Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos met at least twice with Joseph Mifsud who asserted his awareness that Russians had thousands of emails that were damaging to Hillary Clinton. This occurred before the hacking of the DNC computers had become public knowledge.

Meeting

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.

Investigations

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a private hearing with Kushner on July 24. In the meeting he responded to questions by the Committee about his contacts with Russian officials and insisted that he had not colluded with foreign agents.

Other meetings

In August 2016, Donald Trump Jr. had a meeting with an emissary representing Saudi Arabia 's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates. The envoy offered help to the Trump presidential campaign.

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June 3, 2016

Rob Goldstone, a British-born music publicist and former tabloid reporter, emails Trump Jr. saying that Emin Agalarov, an Azerbaijani Moscow-based singer and businessman Trump Jr. knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, had just called Goldstone "with something very interesting."

June 7, 2016

Goldstone emails Trump Jr. again and says Emin asked that he schedule a meeting with Trump Jr. and "the Russian government attorney" who is flying over from Moscow on the following Thursday.

June 9, 2016

Donald Trump Jr. meets with Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, who has ties to the Kremlin, at Trump Tower. Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Mr. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also attend the meeting.

July 24, 2016

A month after Trump Jr.'s email exchange and subsequent meeting with Veselnitskaya, he appeared on CNN. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails had just been leaked, an episode the intelligence community later blamed on the Russians.

November 11, 2016

A few days after the election, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, is quoted as telling the Interfax news agency that "there were contacts" with influential people connected to Mr. Trump. But his spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, denies that ever happened. "It never happened," she said, according to NBC News.

December 18, 2016

Kellyanne Conway is asked in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" if anyone involved in Mr. Trump's campaign have any contact with Russians trying to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. Conway says, "Absolutely not. And I discussed that with the president-elect just last night. Those conversations never happened.

March 2017

When Trump Jr. was interviewed by The New York Times in March, the paper says he denied participating in any campaign-related meetings with Russians. "Did I meet with people that were Russian? I'm sure, I'm sure I did," he said. "But none that were set up. None that I can think of at the moment.

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Overview

Meeting

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 that Irakly "Ike" Kaveladze, Rob Goldstone, and Anatoli Samachornov attended the meeting.

Background

Prior to the Trump Tower meeting, Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos met at least twice with Joseph Mifsud, who asserted his awareness that Russians had thousands of emails that were damaging to Hillary Clinton. This occurred before the hacking of the DNC computers had become public knowledge. Papadopoulos later shared this information with at least two other people, including an Australian diplomat to Britain. At a meeting on March 24, 2016, the profess…

Investigations

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a private hearing with Kushner on July 24. In the meeting he responded to questions by the Committee about his contacts with Russian officials and insisted that he had not colluded with foreign agents. He publicly released an 11-page written statement detailing four meetings he had with Russian officials during the campaign and transition periods, including the Trump Tower meeting. He said he had not known all the details …

Other meetings

In August 2016, Donald Trump Jr. had a meeting with an emissary representing Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates. The envoy offered help to the Trump presidential campaign. The meeting included Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, Joel Zamel, an Israeli specialist in social media ma…

See also

• Mueller Report
• Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
• Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016–election day)
• Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation which names attendees of the meeting as defendants

External links

• Materials from Inquiry into Circumstances Surrounding Trump Tower Meeting, Senate Judiciary Committee