Trump admits his son met Russians for dirt on Clinton
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reuters9 fake news reporting a complete fabrication that i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son donald had in trump tower. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent totally legal and done all the time in politics and it went nowhere. i did not know about it1 one part of the inquiry has focused on a june 9 2016 meeting at trump tower in new york between donald jr. other campaign aides and a group of russians1 donald jr. said later he realized the meeting was primarily aimed at lobbying against the 2012 magnitsky sanctions law which led to moscow denying americans the right to adopt russian orphans1 president trump has repeatedly denied that his campaign worked with moscow saying no collusion last week however he adopted his lawyers tactics and insisted collusion is not a crime1 while collusion is not a technical legal charge mueller could bring conspiracy charges if he finds that any campaign member worked with russia to break u.s. law. working with a foreign national with the intent of influencing a u.s. election could violate multiple laws according to legal experts1 cnn reported last month that michael cohen the presidents longtime personal lawyer was willing to tell mueller that trump did know about the trump tower meeting in advance1 fake news reporting a complete fabrication that i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son donald had in trump tower. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent totally legal and done all the time in politics and it went nowhere. i did not know about it trump said1 trump has stepped up his public attacks on the mueller probe since the first trial to arise from it began last week in alexandria virginia involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort1 the federal tax and bank fraud charges manafort faces are not related to the trump campaign but manaforts close relations with russians and a kremlin-backed ukrainian politician are under scrutiny in the trial1 trumps attacks on the special counsels investigation have been rebuffed by republican leaders in congress who have expressed support for mueller1 the president should be straightforward with the american people about the threat to our election process that russia putin in particular is engaged in is ongoing representative ed royce chairman of the house foreign affairs committee said on cnns state of the union on sunday1 one of the presidents personal lawyers said on sunday that if trump is subpoenaed by the special counsel his lawyers will attempt to quash it in court. any legal battle over whether the president can be compelled to testify could go all the way to the u.s. supreme court the lawyer jay sekulow said on abcs this week1 u.s. intelligence agencies concluded last year that russia interfered in the 2016 u.s. election with a campaign of hacking into democratic party computer networks and spreading disinformation on social media. american intelligence officials say russia is targeting the november congressional elections which will determine whether or not republicans keep control of both chambers of the u.s. congress1 trumps lawyers and the white house have given conflicting accounts about whether trump was involved in crafting donald jr.s response to a new york times article last summer revealing the trump tower meeting with the adoptions rationale. trumps lawyers acknowledged in a letter to muellers team in january 2018 that trump dictated the response according to the times1