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A meeting took place at Trump Tower in New York City on June 9, 2016, between three senior members of the 2016 Trump campaign – Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort – four other U.S. citizens, and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. The meeting was arranged by publicist and long-time Trump acquaintance Rob Goldstone on behalf of his client, Russian singer-songwriter Emin Agalarov.[1] The meeting was first disclosed to U.S. government officials in April 2017, when Kushner filed a revised version of his security clearance form.[2]
Donald Trump Jr. made several misleading statements about the meeting.[3] He initially told the press that the meeting was held to discuss adoptions of Russian children by Americans. On July 8, 2017, after news reports stated that Trump Jr. knew the meeting was political, he admitted in a tweet that he had agreed to the meeting with the understanding that he would receive information damaging to Hillary Clinton, and that he was conducting opposition research.[4] When The New York Times was about to report on email exchanges between Goldstone and Trump Jr., Trump Jr. himself published the emails.[5][6] In early July 2017, it was reported that then-President Donald Trump himself drafted Trump Jr.'s initial misleading statement.[7] The report was later confirmed by the president's attorneys.[8] In July 2018, the president denied knowledge of the meeting.[9]
Robert Mueller, the special counsel of the Department of Justice in charge of Russia-related investigations, investigated the emails and the meeting,[10] and their relation to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
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- ^ Becker, Jo; Goldman, Adam; Apuzzo, Matt (July 11, 2017). "Russian Dirt on Clinton? 'I Love It,' Donald Trump Jr. said". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
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Dolakwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cohen, Marshall (June 2, 2018). "Trump lawyers say he 'dictated' statement on Trump Tower meeting, contradicting past denials". CNN. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ Chiacu, Doina (July 27, 2018). "Trump denies knowing of 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Prokupecz, Shimon; Perez, Evan; Brown, Pamela (July 11, 2017). "Source: Justice Dept. probe will look at Trump Jr.'s disclosed emails, meeting". CNN. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2017.