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July 11, 2017

NYT: Trump Jr. Knew Meeting with Lawyer was Part of Russian Gov't Effort to Help Trump Win Election
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The New York Times is reporting President Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr.,
knew before agreeing to a meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer promising
damaging information about Hillary Clinton that the material was part of
a Russian government campaign to help his father win the U.S. election.
The Times reports Trump Jr. was told this information in an email sent
by publicist Rob Goldstone, who helped arrange the meeting in June 2016.
On Monday, Donald Trump Jr. hired a lawyer, amid increasing calls for
him to testify before the Senate about the meeting. The White House is
trying to downplay the revelations. This is White House Deputy Press
Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, speaking during, once again, an
off-camera briefing on Monday.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "Don Jr. took a very short meeting, from which
there was absolutely no follow-up. But the only thing I see
inappropriate about the meeting was the people that leaked the
information on the meeting after it was voluntarily disclosed. At this
point I'd also like to add Donald Trump Jr. has made a statement on
this, president's outside counsel has made a statement on it, and now I
have, as well, and I'm not going to add anything further."

On Monday, the White House again denied that members of the Trump
campaign colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election.


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