Meant to give this its own thread instead of stuffing into the Leslie Stahl thread...
No obstruction here at all, move along, nothing to see...:nohead:Shush()*
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-r...052742160.html
Trump Lawyers Reveal He 'Dictated' Misleading Statement On Son's Russian Meeting
Mary Papenfuss, HuffPost•June 2, 2018
The bombshell 20-page letter written by Donald Trump’s attorneys to special counsel Robert Mueller early this year and obtained by The New York Times Saturday includes the intriguing revelation that the president “dictated” the misleading statement about Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial meeting with a Russian representative during the 2016 election.
Trump’s eldest son met at Trump Tower in Manhattan in June 2016 with Kremlin-linked attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, who said she could deliver damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
After the Times reported on the Trump Tower meeting last summer, “The president dictated a short but accurate response ... on behalf of his son,” stated the newly obtained letter, written by Trump attorneys Jay Sekulow and John Dowd (who has since left the Trump legal team).
The president’s response stated that the meeting “primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children.” It omitted any mention of Clinton.
Veselnitskaya did mention the Magnitsky Act, which the U.S. Congress passed as a sanction on Russian officials and caused Russia, in response, to ban U.S. adoption of Russian children. But the initial focus of the meeting was Clinton, Trump’s son said last year.
The president’s letter on the meeting could cause him problems if it’s seen as an attempt to obstruct Mueller’s investigation into possible Russia collusion with his campaign.
No obstruction here at all, move along, nothing to see...:nohead:Shush()*
ointeropcorn-eatinggifhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-r...052742160.html
Trump Lawyers Reveal He 'Dictated' Misleading Statement On Son's Russian Meeting
Mary Papenfuss, HuffPost•June 2, 2018
The bombshell 20-page letter written by Donald Trump’s attorneys to special counsel Robert Mueller early this year and obtained by The New York Times Saturday includes the intriguing revelation that the president “dictated” the misleading statement about Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial meeting with a Russian representative during the 2016 election.
Trump’s eldest son met at Trump Tower in Manhattan in June 2016 with Kremlin-linked attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, who said she could deliver damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
After the Times reported on the Trump Tower meeting last summer, “The president dictated a short but accurate response ... on behalf of his son,” stated the newly obtained letter, written by Trump attorneys Jay Sekulow and John Dowd (who has since left the Trump legal team).
The president’s response stated that the meeting “primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children.” It omitted any mention of Clinton.
Veselnitskaya did mention the Magnitsky Act, which the U.S. Congress passed as a sanction on Russian officials and caused Russia, in response, to ban U.S. adoption of Russian children. But the initial focus of the meeting was Clinton, Trump’s son said last year.
The president’s letter on the meeting could cause him problems if it’s seen as an attempt to obstruct Mueller’s investigation into possible Russia collusion with his campaign.
