The New York Times is out with a scoop tonight that says Donald Trump Jr. met with Kremlin-linked lawyer after he was promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton:
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/884148555308560385
From the article:
In a statement on Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. said he had met with the Russian lawyer at the request of an acquaintance. “After pleasantries were exchanged,” he said, “the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton. 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.”
He said she then turned the conversation to adoption of Russian children and the Magnitsky Act, an American law that blacklists suspected Russian human rights abusers. The law so enraged President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia that he retaliated by halting American adoptions of Russian children.
“It became clear to me that this was the true agenda all along and that the claims of potentially helpful information were a pretext for the meeting,” Mr. Trump said.
Donald Jr.’s statement from today differs from the one issued on Saturday:
On Saturday, Donald Trump Jr. said the meeting was primarily about adoptions and did not mention Hillary Clinton https://t.co/GbxPy6WbRq pic.twitter.com/wnEkCGfcnU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 9, 2017
Full Donald Jr. statement here:
Donald Trump Jr with bizarre statement to admit he had a meeting to get info from the Russian, but they didn't collude because no info. Hmm. pic.twitter.com/yQQXWMY4nq
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 9, 2017
A spokesman for President Trump’s legal team quickly issued this response:
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/884157301984251904
Dems already want more information:
So, who was this "acquaintance?"
"Donald Trump Jr. said he had met with the Russian lawyer at the request of an acquaintance." #TrumpRussia https://t.co/ERiVCS6qRm— Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) July 9, 2017
It’s going to be a long week…
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