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What did Donald Trump Jr say about his meeting with Russians?

Aug 06, 2018 · Trump (Again) Admits His Son Met With Russian Lawyer To Get Dirt On Clinton In a tweet, the president defended Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting with a …

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

Jul 12, 2017 · RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump offered support for his eldest son, Donald Jr., who has put himself in the middle of investigations over Russian interference in last year's election. Last ...

Did the Crown Prosecutor of Russia offer the Trump campaign documents?

Jul 10, 2017 · Trump Says He Pressed Putin, While Casting More Doubt On Election Meddling The Times identified the Russian lawyer as Natalia Veselnitskaya, and the Washington Post reported that the intermediary...

Is it illegal to ask to meet with Trump Jr?

Jul 10, 2017 · Donald Trump Jr. was informed ahead of a June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer that material damaging to Hillary Clinton that he was offered was "part of a Russian government effort to aid...

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Jul 10, 2017 · And we begin this hour with another revelation in the ongoing storyline about whether anyone with the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election. This new twist involves the...

Who was the Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr?

The Times identified the Russian lawyer as Natalia Veselnitskaya, and the Washington Post reported that the intermediary who set up the meeting between her and Trump Jr. was Rob Goldstone, a music publicist.

Was the Russian adoption issue a campaign issue?

In a previous version of this story, a passage from The New York Times misquoted Donald Trump Jr.'s statement as saying the Russian adoption issue "was a campaign issue at the time." The Times has since corrected the quotation to read it "was not a campaign issue at the time."

Did Donald Trump Jr. meet with a Kremlin lawyer?

Donald Trump Jr. was informed ahead of a June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer that material damaging to Hillary Clinton that he was offered was "part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy," the New York Times reported Monday evening.

Did Donald Trump Jr. know who he was meeting with beforehand?

The latest bombshell report comes after the White House spent Monday defending President Trump's eldest son following another Times report that the meeting last summer was intended to get damaging information about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In a statement Sunday, Trump Jr. said he didn't know who he was meeting with beforehand, but had been told the person "might have information helpful to the campaign." He said the meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya yielded no useful details.

When did Donald Trump Jr meet with a Russian lawyer?

Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer in July 2016 after learning she had damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the Democratic opponent of now-President Trump. But Trump Jr. and other key figures involved in the meeting downplayed the gathering when questioned by Senate investigators.

Who was in attendance at the Trump campaign meeting?

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort also attended the meeting, along with a translator. Rob Goldstone, a music publicist who set up the meeting, was also in attendance, as well as Rinat Akhmetshin, a prominent Russian-American lobbyist, Ike Kaveladze, a business associate of a Moscow-based developer ...

Can foreign nationals contribute to a campaign?

Foreign nationals are prohibited from providing "anything of value" to campaigns, and that same law also bars solicitation of such assistance. The law typically applies to monetary campaign contributions, but courts could consider information such as opposition research to be something of value.

Did Veselnitskaya share the Magnitsky Act?

Trump Tower meeting transcripts released. Trump Jr. has maintained that Veselnitskaya did not have any information to share and instead wanted to discuss other matters, such as the Magnitsky Act which enacts sanctions on certain Russian officials as punishment for human rights violations.

Who met with the Russian lawyer?

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. The New York Times reported that Donald Trump Jr., Kushner, and Trump's campaign chairman at the time, Paul Manafort, met with the lawyer at Trump tower on June 9, ...

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 ...

Who is Phil Helsel?

Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion. Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.

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.