That was that - at least until a year later, when emails about the meeting were discovered as Trump associates complied with congressional requests for documents relating to contacts with Russians during the 2016 campaign. Kushner texted “waste of time” to Manafort, and asked his assistants to give him an excuse to leave. insisted there was nothing his father, a private citizen, could do about sanctions. The Trump campaign representatives were not impressed. The conversation pivoted to sanctions and adoptions. adoptions of its children.Īt the meeting, Veselnitskaya raised allegations that Clinton and the Democratic National Committee benefited from dirty Russian money. law known as the Magnitsky Act that imposed sanctions on Russian officials. Trump said in written answers supplied to Mueller’s office that he had no recollection that he knew about it ahead of time.Īt the center of the meeting was the lawyer thought to be delivering dirt on Clinton - Natalia Veselnitskaya, a former prosecutor who’d aggressively lobbied against a U.S. But others said they had no memory of Trump being told in advance about the meeting. had told other campaign officials that he had a lead on negative information, originating from a group in Kyrgyzstan, on the Clinton Foundation. Trump’s deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, said Trump Jr.
The meeting occurred as scheduled, though it is disputed who knew what in advance. memorably responded: “Seems we have some time and if it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.” This was part of efforts by Russia and its government to help his father, Goldstone wrote. “The Crown prosecutor of Russia” had met with Aras Agalarov and was offering documents that would incriminate Clinton and her dealings with Russia.
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