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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:15 AM Jul 2017

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 president’s 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 they’d 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

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Russian lawyer: Donald Trump Jr. wanted DNC info 'so badly' (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
So...she verified that the Russians wanted sanctions lifted by GOP/Trump. displacedtexan Jul 2017 #1
She catfished Junior Not Ruth Jul 2017 #2
Of course he did MosheFeingold Jul 2017 #3
It is when it is from a foreign agent. shraby Jul 2017 #6
I don't think it matters MosheFeingold Jul 2017 #7
JR's head is going to explode KRISITNA Jul 2017 #4
Junior is clearly WAY out of his league NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #5
That's one more lawyer counting how many floors up her office windows are. meadowlander Jul 2017 #8

displacedtexan

(15,694 posts)
1. So...she verified that the Russians wanted sanctions lifted by GOP/Trump.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:27 AM
Jul 2017

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)
2. She catfished Junior
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:36 AM
Jul 2017

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)
3. Of course he did
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:48 AM
Jul 2017

I am sure any politician would want dirt on his or her opponent, from whatever source.

Scummy. Dirty. Underhanded.

But, sadly, not illegal.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
7. I don't think it matters
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 12:47 PM
Jul 2017

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.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
5. Junior is clearly WAY out of his league
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:04 AM
Jul 2017

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.

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