Was their conversation really about "adoption"??

[kentuck]

Color me skeptical.

Why was Donald Jr the one that was informed?

Why did he then inform Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort about it?

Don, Jr said he was requested by an acquaintance to meet with the Russian lawyer, who said she had damaging material on Hillary Clinton. He had met the acquaintance at the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant.

The Russian lawyer had been investigated by the FBI in the past.

What did she have to offer the Trump campaign? Was it the Wikileaks emails??

If the meeting was about the existence of the Wikileaks emails, would that be collusion?

There is a lot more to this story.

[Moostache]

1. Here comes the "what's the crime?" defense in 3...2...1...queue Faux News howlers...(n/t)

[Glimmer of Hope]

2. Adoption? Lmfao.

[Heron5]

3. Waiting for the next version of this story

Tree Stump Boy, Jughead, and Manafort were only meeting to fill out adoption papers in a shared effort to demonstrate that the "pro-life" party is indeed interested in more than the unborn.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I would like the answer to a question.

Do you think Mueller and his team are aware of these types of meetings before they are leaked or disclosed to the public or is it news to him too?

[onecaliberal]

6. Maybe not and that's the reason for the leak.

[WinkyDink]

7. 100% aware before the clumsy Trumpian attempts at pre-emptive leaks.

[WinkyDink]

5. Yeah. "Please, Master Putin, would you adopt me? My Dad loves only Ivanka."

[ProudLib72]

8. No no

It was about a reverse Russian baby adoption where the baby in question is 71 years old.

[WinkyDink]

9. Bwahaha! "Take our baby.....please."

Apologies to Henny Youngman.

[H2O Man]

10. Possibly .....

if Putin was thinking of adopting Trump.

[rogue emissary]

11. Even if it was just about adoption. Donny Jr still lied about what was covered.

In previous interviews, he said he never discussed policies during his multiple meetings with the Russians. Jonathan Capehart brought this up during AM Joy earlier today.

[Skittles]

12. REPUKES DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT AMERICAN CHILDREN

THAT STORY IS RIDICULOUS

[Boomerproud]

13. The backstory to this is that the Russians stopped allowing adoptions by Americans because

because top Russian officials were being investigated by Preet Bharara (since fired by Trump) for money laundering. There was a long piece on NBC.com, on my cell phone about all the Russian journalists who have investigating this are being poisoned, jailed (one dying in jail after a brutal beating) and mysteriously falling off balconies. The lawyer who fell 4 stories and survived was named Nikolai Gorokhov. Adoptions my @##.

[BigmanPigman]

14. CNN just said the FBI has probably had this info for awhile.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Yes. Lifting adoption ban cover for lifting sanctions for payback for hidden collusion on Elec Coll.