what did donald trump jr say about meeting with kremlin attorney did his story change

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What did Trump say about his finances in court filing?

Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he could not remember whether or not he told his father about a controversial meeting at the Trump Tower in 2016 with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer.. In testimony last year released by the committee along with thousands of other pages of transcripts, Trump’s son deflected questions about whether he …

Did Donald Trump take his 12-year-old son to make an AR-15?

Jul 11, 2017 · WASHINGTON (CN) – Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday released what he says is the entire email chain setting up his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer at the height of the 2016 campaign, confirming he was told in advance the potentially damaging information she had to share about Hillary Clinton came directly from the Kremlin.

What did Donald Trump Jr say at a rally in Texas?

Sep 07, 2017 · Saul Loeb/Getty. Two months have passed since Donald Trump Jr. admitted to meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 in order to get dirt on his father's campaign opponent, Hillary Clinton. But ...

Did Trump say he had no'knowledge'of his company's finances?

Sep 07, 2017 · Two months have passed since Donald Trump Jr. admitted to meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 in order to get dirt on his father's campaign opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump Jr. sat down ...

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Jul 11, 2017 · D onald Trump, Jr., the embattled son of President Donald Trump, has retained a lawyer amid controversy over his meeting with a Kremlin-linked attorney who reportedly promised damaging information ...

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Who is Alan Futerfas?

Futerfas is a New York City attorney with over two decades of experience in criminal defense, according to his law firm biography. He runs his own firm, which he opened in 1994. He has been listed as a New York “Super Lawyer” for the last four years.

Who has Futerfas defended?

One of Futerfas’s most well-known cases occurred nearly 20 years ago when he won a new trial for mob leader Anthony Russo. The case hinged on a revelation that a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent may have intentionally leaked information to trigger an organized crime war, Reuters reports.

Does Futerfas have a connection to President Trump or Donald Trump Jr.?

Futerfas told the Washington Post on Monday that he had only recently met Trump Jr. and had never met the President. “You meet someone and they vet you a little bit, find out what your thoughts are and how you would approach things. And that’s what happened here,” he told the newspaper.

When did WikiLeaks release emails?

On July 22, 2016, WikiLeaks released nearly 20,000 Democratic National Committee emails. Two days later, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper had this exchange with Trump Jr. CNN’s Jake Tapper, July 24, 2016: Robby Mook, the campaign manager for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — I asked him about the DNC leak.

Who is Emin Agalarov's father?

on behalf of his father, Aras Agalarov, a Russian real estate developer who has ties to Donald Trump Sr., including his 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. “The Crown prosecutor of Russia met ...

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So What Was This Meeting About?

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Before Trump Jr. was set to meet with the Russian lawyer as his father campaigned for the presidency, Trump Jr. was told Veselnitskaya’s potentially damning information about Clinton was from the Kremlin, according to emails he released. Trump Jr. has maintained that Veselnitskaya did not have any informati…
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Was Anyone Else at The Meeting?

  • Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafortalso 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 and a translator. A spokesperso…
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Didn’T Trump Jr. Publish The Emails About The Meeting?

  • Trump Jr. posted screenshots of multiple emails purportedly from Goldstone. In a June 3, 2016 email, Goldstone said he was asked to “contact you with something very interesting.” “The Crown prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hilla…
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So Did Trump Jr. Break The Law?

  • As Trump Jr. does not have a position in his father’s administration, he is not required to disclose foreign contacts, according to The Associated Press. 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 cons…
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