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ANALYSIS: Why Donald Trump Jr.'s emails change the game on Russia - ABC News

posted onJuly 12, 2017
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Article snippet: It’s as if the entire Russia investigation –- months of leaks and innuendo, new tidbits, false leads, multiple investigations and overlapping scandals –- was distilled into one damning email chain. The emails posted on Twitter by Donald Trump, Jr. connect so many dots, so crisply and so concisely, that words that have only been hinted at –- “collusion” and even "treason" -- are suddenly in wide circulation in Washington. The documents figure to turbo-charge the investigations on President Trump’s family and innermost circle. Some of the president’s more dependable allies are expressing discomfort with the revelations. Even Vice President Mike Pence’s office issued a statement, which noted that the meeting described in the emails took place during "the time before he joined the ticket." What makes this revelation a potential game-changer is the explicit nature of the exchange and how it seems to confirm conversations that were, until now, just suspicions. In the emails, a friend of Trump, Jr.’s approached him last summer with the promise of "some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her deals with Russia and would be very useful to your father." The friend, Rob Goldstone, went even further: "This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump." Trump Jr.’s response: "if it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer." Another ... Link to the full article to read more

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