Jason Miller, a CNN political commentator and the Trump campaign's communications adviser, echoed that defense Monday morning. Trump said on Saturday that he was "asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance" but did not know the name of the person he was meeting.
"In other words, it demonstrates that at least some members of the Trump campaign were interested in procuring damaging information about Clinton and were willing to meet with Russians to get it," he said. And Donald Trump Jr.'s statements, regardless of the content of the meeting, "show intent - a clear-cut willingness to have Russian support - and they reveal specific actions undertaken to obtain it," wrote Bob Bauer, who was a White House counsel to President Barack Obama. The Times' stories, however, shed light on the first confirmed direct meeting between Donald Trump's inner circle and a Russian national with ties to the Kremlin. Veselnitskaya also told The Times on Saturday that "nothing at all about the presidential campaign" was discussed, adding that she had "never acted on behalf of the Russian government" and "never discussed any of these matters with any representative of the Russian government." Wittes also said Trump's second statement to The Times indicated his "ONLY interest" in the meeting with Veselnitskaya "was the dirt the Russians might provide on Clinton."ĭonald Trump's legal team said in a statement that "the president was not aware of and did not attend the meeting." In a statement to The Times on Saturday, Trump said it was a "short introductory" meeting that focused on an adoption program Russian President Vladimir Putin had cut off as a retaliatory measure against the Magnitsky Act, which blacklisted Russians suspected of human-rights abuses. She was married to a former deputy transportation minister of the Moscow region, and her clients have included Russian state-owned businesses. Veselnitskaya has strong ties to the Kremlin. Trump was joined at the meeting by Jared Kushner, his brother-in-law, and by Paul Manafort, who was the campaign manager at the time. met with the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, last year, weeks after his father clinched the Republican presidential nomination. The New York Times reported over the weekend that Donald Trump Jr. It often indicates a user profile.Įxperts say the disclosure that President Donald Trump's eldest son met with a Russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton raises new questions in the ongoing saga about Trump's ties to Russia. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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