Ryan Deflects Questions On Trump Jr.’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters following a GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters following a GOP strategy session, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is deflecting questions about the latest revelation of President Donald Trump’s son meeting last June with a Russian lawyer for possible dirt on Hillary Clinton.

Ryan told reporters on Wednesday that it’s important to get to the bottom of what happened, but that’s a job for special counsel Robert Mueller and the congressional intelligence committees.

According to emails released Tuesday by Donald Trump Jr., he appeared eager to accept information from the Russian government that could have damaged Clinton’s campaign.

Ryan said it is “absolutely unacceptable” that Russia meddled in the presidential election. He said it was “very important that these professionals do their jobs” in the investigations.

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. Yeah. He’s protecting an illegitimate president installed by a hostile foreign power. He’s siding with Trump and Russia over the national interest. All for the sake of fulfilling his twisted lifelong dream of chucking some sick poor people into the gutter and giving his plutocrat masters another tax cut they don’t need. Fuck this guy. He’ll go down as one of the most treasonous snakes in American history – right up there with the likes of Benedict Arnold and John Calhoun.

  2. That sums Ryan up perfectly. I fax him with that same message several times a week.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for marnold Avatar for turdburgler

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: