Russian lawyer: Donald Trump Jr. wanted DNC info 'so badly'
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 07/11/2017 07:41 AM EDT
The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential election said on Tuesday that it appeared that the presidents son and others at the meeting were longing for information on the Democratic National Committee.
In an interview broadcast Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, was asked why Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, would be under the impression that theyd be told information about the DNC, which was hacked during the election.
"It's quite possible that maybe they were longing for such information. They wanted it so badly, Veselnitskaya said of the June 2016 meeting.
Speaking via a translator, Veselnitskaya denied that she was ever in possession of any "damaging or sensitive information" about Clinton and that "it was never my intention to have" such information. Further, she denied having any ties to the Russian government and said her meeting with the president's son, son-in-law and campaign chairman was intended only to benefit her client's interest related to sanctions leveled back and forth between Russia and the U.S.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/11/russian-lawyer-natalia-veselnitskaya-interview-240393
displacedtexan
(15,694 posts)Quid pro quo.
Some wingnut colonel on MSNBC a few minutes ago said this was a walk-in meeting that meant nothing. This woman was invited to Trump Tower and met with Kushner, Manafort, and Junior...but she was just a walk-in?
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)She never had the information, but she convinced him that she did. Spy school 101. The equivalent is selling oregano as marijuana. When you get caught by the police, well it is just oregano, perfectly legal.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I am sure any politician would want dirt on his or her opponent, from whatever source.
Scummy. Dirty. Underhanded.
But, sadly, not illegal.
shraby
(21,946 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)If someone from Iran wants to give us evidence to impeach Trump, would we look at it?
I would.
This is just another distraction among the 10,000 distractions to waste our time and energy while Trump completely undoes everything accomplished by Obama.
KRISITNA
(97 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)She played him like a And apparently he still doesn't know that.
At a minimum, Manafort, who's had extensive Russian dealings, should have known what was going on and insisted they all leave.