Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya met with high-level members of President Donald Trump’s campaign shortly after he clinched the GOP nomination, according to a report published Saturday by the New York Times.
Veselnitskaya, who is married to a former deputy transportation minister, and who has represented several companies controlled by the Russian government, is best known for lobbying against a U.S. law that sanctions suspected Russian human rights violators. Striking down that law, the Magnitsky Act, has been a top priority for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The meeting on June 9, 2016 reportedly including Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, his son Donald Trump Jr., and his erstwhile campaign manager Paul Manafort. Manafort and Kushner are now under investigation in the sprawling probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The New York Times reports that representatives of Donald J. Trump Jr. and Mr. Kushner confirmed that the meeting did in fact take place, but declined to comment on whether the campaign itself was discussed. Kushner did not originally disclose the meeting on his White House security clearance form, but did so recently on an amended version. Manafort reportedly disclosed the meeting to congressional committees investigation Russian election interference.
No wonder Donnie has seemed distracted. Must have known this was going to hit.
They are all white, they are all very rich, and they will all walk off scott-free…that is how the American system works. They can do whatever they want and whenever they want.
The end justifies the means…the Republican Party that serves the 1% won and so all else is a none issue.
Remember: The Democrats have no leadership, no plan, and no message. There is no alternative…Obama choked and lacked a spine and know he’s hob knobbing with billionaires and is a good little Republican…just like the Clinton’s.
Oh please, put a sock in it. Mueller has hired the A Team, people capable of following long and twisted ties. If nothing does come out of this investigation then the people will rise up. Will Bernie lead or just cheerlead?
Please, please, please let Don Jr. slip free of his lawyers so he can “clarify” the matter in his own words on tape.
Ummm, no. There have been several financial crimes, including money laundering, by Trump’s people. There will be indictments. If you think Mueller is doing all this for show, you are tripping. If there is nothing there, he would already have said so or he will end up looking like a complete imbecile, which he certainly is not. And if you think there is something there, but Muller is going to cover up for Trump, I would consider getting some therapy because you are paranoid. In fact, Muller just hired 3 more prosecutors yesterday. You think he is doing that because they are playing softball and need more players to field two teams?
Cases take time to build. It’s hard work. And he is getting the hardest workers. Lots of them.