Article snippet: The latest chapter in the saga relating to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is unfolding as it was revealed that Hillary Clinton’s campaign. He has since announced he has hired a lawyer and will be “happy to work with” the Senate committee investigating Russian meddling in the election. The details continue to emerge; here is the information available now. Trump, 39, the president’s eldest son, did not name the person who reportedly initiated the meeting. “I was asked to have a meeting by an acquaintance I knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant with an individual who I was told might have information helpful to the campaign,” Donald Trump Jr. said in a statement to ABC News on Sunday night. ABC News has since confirmed that Rob Goldstone, a friend of Donald Trump Jr.’s, set it up, according to a source familiar with the meeting. The Washington Post reported that Goldstone is a music producer who was involved in the Miss Universe pageant, which the Trump family previously owned. Goldstone has since released a statement about the meeting, saying he was asked by a client to facilitate the meeting, with the client claiming that the lawyer made statements about information possibly of interest to Trump. “The lawyer had apparently stated she had some information regarding illegal campaign contributions to the DNC [Democratic National Committee] which she believed Mr. Trump Jr. might find important,” Goldstone said in his st... Link to the full article to read more
What we know about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer during the campaign - ABC News
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