Kremlin Denies Knowledge Of Trump Jr. Meeting With Russian Lawyer
Source: Associated Press
By Associated Press Published JULY 10, 2017 9:07 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that the woman told him she had information about Democrat Hillary Clinton.
A statement from Donald Trump Jr. one day earlier made no mention of Clinton. In his initial depiction of the meeting last June, the presidents son said the discussion focused on a disbanded program that used to allow American adoptions of Russian children.
It appeared that Trump Jr. shifted his account of the meeting after being presented with additional information from The New York Times, which first reported both the discussion and the prospect of negative information about Clinton.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, is disavowing knowledge of the Russian lawyer, or any meeting between Trump senior staff and the woman. The meeting with Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya is the earliest known private meeting between key aides to the president and a Russian. Federal and congressional investigators are probing whether Trumps campaign coordinated with Russia to meddle in the presidential election, investigations the president has called a hoax.
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Zoonart
(11,834 posts)These guys kill me... oh wait.
George II
(67,782 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,396 posts)ck4829
(35,039 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)brooklynite
(94,376 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,265 posts)This would be funny if it weren't so serious.
Jim Dandy
(358 posts)LonePirate
(13,408 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)with fake appointment books that show their people were in other countries at the time of this "alleged" meeting, busy undermining another countries' democracies -- not the USA's. Surely other democratic countries have their own redneck Puttie lovers who will vouch for them.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Kremlin: "It didn't happen"
Uday: "It did happen"
ButSeeYa
(273 posts)meet with anyone else from any country, other than Russia? Asking for a friend.
BigmanPigman
(51,569 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)on HRC, that's it, yeah, that meeting NEVER happened. But I'm not the 1st to try to get dirt about an opponents, okay? maybe I am the FIRST to try to get dirt from Russian spies, but.. Freedom ! "