Trump's son met with Russian lawyer after promise of info on Clinton

[sarahb 17,187]

President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 campaign after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing three advisers to the White House.

Trump's then-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also attended the meeting at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016, two weeks after Trump won the Republican nomination, the Times reported.

The Times quoted a statement from Donald Trump Jr. in which he acknowledged meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.

"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," the Times quoted Donald Trump Jr. as saying. Clinton was the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.

"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."

The Times said Veselnitskaya then turned the conversation to the adoption of Russian children and a U.S. law blackisting Russians linked to alleged human-rights abuses.

President Trump was "not aware of and did not attend" the meeting reported by the Times, Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump's legal team, said in an emailed statement.

Trump Jr. was quoted saying he believed information on Clinton was only a pretext for the meeting. The Times said it was unclear whether Veselnitskaya produced the promised compromising information about Clinton.

Trump Jr. told the Times he did not tell Manafort and Kushner what the meeting was about when he asked them to attend.

Representatives for Manafort and Kushner did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-trump-clinton-idUSKBN19U0YN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html

[HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547]

And why can't Trump do his own Stuff? Why he always gotta send his minion children to do his busy work? 

So he can play golf? 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

4 minutes ago, HOTNebraskaGuy said:

And why can't Trump do his own Stuff? Why he always gotta send his minion children to do his busy work? 

So he can play golf? 

Plausible deniability is the ability for persons (typically senior officials in a formal or informal chain of command) to deny knowledge of or responsibility for any damnable actions committed by others in an organizational hierarchy because of a lack of evidence that can confirm their participation, even if they were personally involved in or at least willfully ignorant of the actions. 

[HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547]

Just now, JustLikeHoney said:

Plausible deniability is the ability for persons (typically senior officials in a formal or informal chain of command) to deny knowledge of or responsibility for any damnable actions committed by others in an organizational hierarchy because of a lack of evidence that can confirm their participation, even if they were personally involved in or at least willfully ignorant of the actions. 

Trying to get likes is the quest to receive likes on a thread, while continuing to stay on topic so he/she/other will not be banned, regardless of knowledge of the OP. This post could also be created to get people to laugh, and respond with a funny gif. 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

3 minutes ago, HOTNebraskaGuy said:

Trying to get likes is the quest to receive likes on a thread, while continuing to stay on topic so he/she/other will not be banned, regardless of knowledge of the OP. This post could also be created to get people to laugh, and respond with a funny gif. 

I think the word you are searching for is Facetious.

[Delusional Aura 5,129]

3 minutes ago, JustLikeHoney said:

I think the word you are searching for is Facetious.

Hunty you got dragT .