Jul 12, 2017 · MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the presidential campaign denied in an exclusive interview with NBC News that she had any connection to the Kremlin and insisted ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
The meeting, which took place on June 9, 2016, two weeks after Donald J. Trump clinched the Republican nomination, is the earliest known private meeting between members of the president’s inner circle and a Russian, according to the Times.
Veselnitskaya, meanwhile, told the Times that “nothing at all about the presidential campaign” was discussed at the meeting. She said she “never acted on behalf of the Russian government” and “never discussed any of these matters with any representative of the Russian government,” the newspaper reported.
A statement Trump Jr. released on Saturday — before the Times story was published — did not mention Clinton at all. Trump Jr. also confirmed the Times ‘ reporting that the meeting was attended by then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner.
Donald Trump, Jr. admitted that he met with a Russian lawyer after she promised damaging information on his father's presidential campaign rival, Hillary Clinton. In a stunning admission that some have said points to treason by members of the Trump campaign, Donald Trump, Jr. has acknowledged that he met with a lawyer connected to ...
It is unclear if Veselnitskaya actually provided any compromising information on the Clinton campaign. Trump Jr. said “her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.”.