What Exactly Was In Paul Manafort's Notes Of That Key Trump Tower Meeting?
By TIERNEY SNEED Published SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 1:27 PM
NBC News has corrected a story initially claiming that Paul Manafort had the words “donations” and “RNC” in close proximity in his notes from the notorious June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Kremlin-linked figures. An update added a few hours after the story was first published included a number of sources denying the word “donations” was in the notes, which Manafort turned over as part of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees’ Russia probes.
The vague story, which created a splash when it went up Thursday mid-afternoon, has become more convoluted, with disputes over what exactly was referenced in the notes, if not specifically the word “donation.”
One of the original unnamed NBC News sources is now in the updated version claiming that it was the word “donor,” not the word “donation,” that actually appeared in the document. However, a person who has seen the document told TPM Friday morning that neither the word “donation” nor “donor” appear in the document of Manafort’s notes in the meeting.
When the NBC News story went up Thursday, it was one in a string of developments reflecting the increasing scrutiny on Manafort and the Trump Tower meeting where he, Trump’s son Donald Jr., and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with a Russian lawyer and other figures after being promised in an email to Don Jr. damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
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