who reported documents were left behind for trump at meeting with russian attorney

Who met with Donald Trump Jr.?

Who is the law firm that Clinton used to run for president?

What did the Dossier contribute to?

Did the Clinton campaign pay for the Fusion dossier?

See 1 more

About this website

Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson Dined With Russian Lawyer Before & After ...

Trump Tower in New York (Photo: Screen capture) (CNSNews.com) – Transcripts released Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee say that Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS, had dinner with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya both the day before and the day after she met with Donald Trump, Jr. at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016.

Trump Dossier Firm Also Supplied Info Used in Meeting of Russians ...

The same firm that hired an ex-spy to compile the Trump dossier also dug up some of the info on Clinton supplied by Russians to the Trump team at Trump Tower.

When was Trump aware of emails related to the Trump Tower meeting?

According to Mueller's report, Trump was aware of the existence of emails related to the Trump Tower meeting by June 2017.

What would happen if Trump Jr. didn't include the caveat?

Trump Jr. said that if the caveat was not included it would appear "as though I'm lying later when they inevitably leak something ."

Why didn't Trump Jr. say his father wanted that word included in the statement?

In text messages provided to Mueller, Hicks agreed with Trump Jr. but said his father didn't want that word included in the statement because "he was worried it invites questions.".

What was the meeting with Hicks about?

Trump asked Hicks what the meeting had been about, to which Hicks said she was told it was "about Russian adoption."

Was Veselnitskaya a source for the Trump campaign?

As a source for the Trump campaign, Veselnitskaya proved disappointing, as she did not provide the damaging information about Clinton that was promised.

What did Putin's expert department call for?

One report prepared by Putin's expert department called for "all possible force" to be used to ensure Trump's victory, and that the Kremlin viewed him as the "most promising candidate."

Why did Putin and his spy chiefs meet in 2016?

The papers suggested that Putin, his spy chiefs, and senior ministers in January 2016 met and concluded that Trump was the best option to promote the Kremlin's strategic objectives because he would induce "social turmoil" and undermine the American presidency. Trump's victory "will definitely lead to the destabilization of the US's sociopolitical system," the report said. An official photo taken in January 2016 shows Putin meeting with his spy chiefs and top ministers.

What did Mueller conclude in his final report?

The special counsel Robert Mueller also concluded in his final report that "the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts."

Did Trump downplay Russian interference?

Trump repeatedly downplayed Russian election interference, even as his administration issued sanctions over it, and at one point he appeared to side with Putin over the US intelligence community on the matter. President Joe Biden has taken a far more aggressive tone toward Putin, and in April his administration slapped sanctions on over 30 Russian entities over the Kremlin's interference in US elections and the SolarWinds hack.

Who was fired from the Trump campaign?

Chris Krebs, the former top cybersecurity official in the US who was fired by Trump after speaking out against his election lies, agreed with Rid, saying the leak was "far too convenient" and looked like a disinformation operation.

Did the Kremlin interfere with the election?

The Kremlin, which has repeatedly denied that Russia interfered in US elections, scoffed at The Guardian's report and told the outlet that the notion that Putin and other top officials agreed to support Trump's candidacy in a secret meeting was "a great pulp fiction."

Did the Kremlin compromise Trump?

The documents seen by The Guardian also confirmed that the Kremlin had potentially compromising material on Trump — kompromat — pertaining to his visits to Russia before running for president, the report said. But The Guardian report didn't elaborate on the nature of the compromising material. Russian spies are known to leverage things such as evidence of debt and extramarital affairs to compel people to cooperate with them.

Was Donald Jr. handed intelligence hacked by Russian spies? Infamous Trump Tower meeting came just days before thousands of documents were leaked online by 'Guccifer 2.0'

'I told (Don Jr.) that not only I don't have any financial records of that time - there was no chance that I could somehow, anyhow, have such records,' she told NBC.

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN LOBBYIST PLACED AT TRUMP TOWER MEETING WAS ACCUSED OF HACKING DOCUMENTS TOO

The former Russian intelligence officer who met with Don Jr. last June was once accused of hacking into a mining company’s computer to steal hundreds of damaging documents in an elaborate corporate espionage scheme.

Who met with Donald Trump Jr.?

Veselnitskaya, promising “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, met with Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign operatives – including Jared Kushner and former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Trump Jr. later said the discussion was about Russian adoptions.

Who is the law firm that Clinton used to run for president?

That’s when the Clinton campaign and DNC stepped in using the law firm Perkins Coie.

What did the Dossier contribute to?

The dossier also contributed in part to the FBI’s initial investigation into Russian collusion and the Trump campaign.

Did the Clinton campaign pay for the Fusion dossier?

Some GOP lawmakers have raised questions about Fusion after it was revealed the Clinton campaign paid for the research that led to the dossier, which contained unverified claims that Trump had links to Russians.