U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meeting
Source: Reuters
JULY 16, 2017 / 11:56 AM / AN HOUR AGO
Arshad Mohammed and Howard Schneider
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president's son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign.
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"Well, I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in. The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me," Jay Sekulow, a member of the president's legal team, said on Sunday on the ABC news program "This Week."
In an emailed response to questions about Sekulow's comments, Secret Service spokesman Mason Brayman said the younger Trump was not under Secret Service protection at the time of the meeting, which included Trump's son and two senior campaign officials.
"Donald Trump, Jr. was not a protectee of the USSS in June, 2016. Thus we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time," the statement said.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN1A10Q9
SayItLoud
(1,701 posts)just tossing any crap out there to confuse the situation.
magicarpet
(14,105 posts).... isn't that a shiny object ? I thought I saw something just now glitter from over in that direction.
(Distraction/Diversion Ploy)
lapucelle
(18,180 posts)Mr. Sekulow?
Trump was in the building, so USSS was wherever Trump went. Why does Trump's mouthpiece think that USSS had the duty to vet the participants in this meeting?
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)I was thinking the same thing
Are we about to learn that Trump is in this meeting to?
BigmanPigman
(51,554 posts)Perhaps there were 9 or more people there. I wouldn't be surprised if he came down the dumb waiter at Trump Tower from his penthouse.
cstanleytech
(26,211 posts)not born with a single honest bone in their bodies or hard them surgically removed.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)jvill
(209 posts)... who had potentially "nefarious" plans, Trump would be sitting alone in his office wondering where all his family and associates had gone.
forgotmylogin
(7,518 posts)I don't think it's their job to turn away people who are *on a list* as having a scheduled meeting at the venue.
It was in Trump Tower. There probably wasn't even a list. If someone important (like the owner of the building's son) meets them in the lobby and takes them into a private room, how's that supposed to set off alarms?
Is there a security station in TT now where all entrants are being patted down and x-rayed and asked what their business is at this *hotel with a restaurant*?
truthisfreedom
(23,138 posts)Filthy fucking liars.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Pack of freaking untrustworthy lie spewers.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,265 posts)Next excuse!
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Only that DJT the Lesser wasn't on their protectee list at the time.
If Sekulow is right and SS did screen the attendees, that could mean that DJT was in attendance.
Pick your poison. Either Sekulow lied (shocker) or he spoke when he shouldn't have.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)the WH staff butts.
BootinUp
(47,046 posts)nwduke
(348 posts)The media is at fault to allow the trump mafia pundits outright lie, and not confront them with the facts. Come on media, do your job and protect the 1st amendment!
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)a STUPID liar. This should have been obvious, or at least he should have checked it with--you know--the Secret Service. Just like Reuters did.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Maybe we can blame the for the life of corruption Don Jr has been exposed to, maybe the SS should have controlled the interactions with his children.
mtngirl47
(987 posts)Trump and Company are idiots.