Two much-discussed phone calls Donald Trump Jr. made prior to the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting were not to his father, CNN reported Thursday.
Three sources “with knowledge of the matter” told CNN that records provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee establish that the calls to blocked numbers were actually between Trump Jr. and two unnamed business associates.
If confirmed, this development punctures a balloon long floated by Democratic lawmakers, who have suggested that Trump Jr. may have contacted his father to discuss the upcoming meeting with Russians promising “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. Trump is known to have used a blocked number as a presidential candidate, according to House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff.
The intrigue first emerged after Trump Jr. provided Congress with phone records that show he made two phone calls to a blocked number on June 6, 2016, three days before the Trump Tower meeting. One call came between two phone conversations with Emin Agalarov, the Russian pop star who helped arrange the Trump Tower summit, which fueled Democrats’ theory. The second call to a blocked number came a few hours later, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s documentation.
CNN was not able to confirm the identity of the business associates Trump was reportedly speaking with, nor the content of the conversations.
Trump Jr. has insisted he did not speak with his father about the Trump Tower meeting, either before or after it happened.
So why report it?
Trump is always really talking about himself. So when he said during the DNC/Podesta email releases in 2016 that you shouldn’t use email, you should send info by courier, it seemed ridiculous at the time.
But what he was really saying was: I had Don Jr. walk up one floor to brief me in person on the meeting with the Russians.
Don Jr. Calls Ahead Of 2016 Trump Tower Meeting Were Not With His Dad
Doesn’t mean that he did not discuss this with Big Daddy. Just means it may not have been not via a call.
No doubt there will be a No Collusion!!! tweet in 3…2…1…
When will these creeps be gone?
“Three sources “with knowledge of the matter” told CNN that records provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee establish that the calls to blocked numbers were actually between Trump Jr. and two unnamed business associates.”
and they are?