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Agalarov lawyer says meeting was about sanctions

The emails provided to CNN between Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and publicist Rob Goldstone who arranged the meeting with Trump Jr. show Veselnitskaya asked the morning of the meeting for a Russian-American lobbyist to be added because of his knowledge of the Magnitsky Act, the legislation that put in place US sanctions discussed at the meeting Related Article: Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author And a five-page talking points memo also provided to CNN shows Veselnitskaya's case to repeal the Magnitsky Act to improve US-Russia relations, with a passing reference to a possible financer of Clinton's campaign The June 2016 meeting with Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has attracted intense interest because Trump Jr. was told he would get damaging information on Clinton amid allegations of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials The documents were provided by Scott Balber, who represents Aras and Emin Agalarov, the billionaire real estate developer and his pop star son who requested the June 2016 meeting Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton. Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton The message was muddled, Balber said, when it was passed like a game of telephone from Veselnitskaya through the Agalarovs to Goldstone Balber also suggested that Goldstone "probably exaggerated and maybe willfully contorted the facts for the purpose of making the meeting interesting to the Trump people." Related Article: FBI chief on Russian hacking: We 'should have seen this Trump Jr. has said Veselnitskaya started the meeting talking about "individuals connected to Russia" funding Clinton but provided no details to support her claims and then moved on to focus on the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act and the adoption of Russian children. To the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, I believed that I should at least hear them out," Trump Jr. said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee But the meeting between the Russian lawyer and Trump Jr. has become of significant interest to the congressional Russia investigators. And President Trump's role in drafting his son's misleading initial statement-which claimed the meeting was about Russian adoptions- has prompted special counsel Robert Mueller's team to approach the White House about interviewing staffers aboard Air Force One when the statement was drafted

The emails provided to CNN between Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and publicist Rob Goldstone who arranged the meeting with Trump Jr. show Veselnitskaya asked the morning of the meeting for a Russian-American lobbyist to be added because of his knowledge of the Magnitsky Act, the legislation that put in place US sanctions discussed at the meeting Related Article: Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author And a five-page talking points memo also provided to CNN shows Veselnitskaya's case to repeal the Magnitsky Act to improve US-Russia relations, with a passing reference to a possible financer of Clinton's campaign The June 2016 meeting with Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has attracted intense interest because Trump Jr. was told he would get damaging information on Clinton amid allegations of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials The documents were provided by Scott Balber, who represents Aras and Emin Agalarov, the billionaire real estate developer and his pop star son who requested the June 2016 meeting Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton. Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton The message was muddled, Balber said, when it was passed like a game of telephone from Veselnitskaya through the Agalarovs to Goldstone Balber also suggested that Goldstone "probably exaggerated and maybe willfully contorted the facts for the purpose of making the meeting interesting to the Trump people." Related Article: FBI chief on Russian hacking: We 'should have seen this Trump Jr. has said Veselnitskaya started the meeting talking about "individuals connected to Russia" funding Clinton but provided no details to support her claims and then moved on to focus on the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act and the adoption of Russian children. To the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, I believed that I should at least hear them out," Trump Jr. said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee But the meeting between the Russian lawyer and Trump Jr. has become of significant interest to the congressional Russia investigators. And President Trump's role in drafting his son's misleading initial statement-which claimed the meeting was about Russian adoptions- has prompted special counsel Robert Mueller's team to approach the White House about interviewing staffers aboard Air Force One when the statement was drafted

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Pro-Trump = Pro-Treason

The reason this is worrisome is that Republicans are turning up the volume on their efforts to scuttle the probes. In a good piece this morning, Politico reports that pro-Trump Republicans are angry with the GOP leadership for allegedly allowing these probes to get out of hand. Some Trump allies are even claiming that this is happening because the GOP leadership allegedly opposes Trump. As one put it: "Of course, the Republican leadership is behind these probes. The Republicans cannot get over the fact that Trump won and is our president." Remarkably, these Trump-allied Republicans are explicitly asserting that GOP leaders are betraying Trump by failing to squelch ongoing efforts to get to the bottom of a hostile foreign power's apparent sabotage of our democracy, in addition to the possibility of Trump campaign collusion with it. These probes are also designed to establish whether there was Russian interference, and if so, how it happened.

The reason this is worrisome is that Republicans are turning up the volume on their efforts to scuttle the probes. In a good piece this morning, Politico reports that pro-Trump Republicans are angry with the GOP leadership for allegedly allowing these probes to get out of hand. Some Trump allies are even claiming that this is happening because the GOP leadership allegedly opposes Trump. As one put it: "Of course, the Republican leadership is behind these probes. The Republicans cannot get over the fact that Trump won and is our president." Remarkably, these Trump-allied Republicans are explicitly asserting that GOP leaders are betraying Trump by failing to squelch ongoing efforts to get to the bottom of a hostile foreign power's apparent sabotage of our democracy, in addition to the possibility of Trump campaign collusion with it. These probes are also designed to establish whether there was Russian interference, and if so, how it happened.

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It was only a matter of time

Yes, it's not america, but the principle still aplies... besides, it has spread to the global political stage in a somewhat... memetic way, shall we say

Yes, it's not america, but the principle still aplies... besides, it has spread to the global political stage in a somewhat... memetic way, shall we say

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Ferguson and Baltimore targeted by Russia's Fake News

The Black Lives Matter ad targeted toward Baltimore and Ferguson, which sources discussed with CNN on the condition of anonymity, was one of a small handful of ads presented to congress earlier this month. Facebook has said that it will hand over detailed records of all 3,000 ads to congress in a matter of days. CNN has not seen the ad but the targeted was described by the sources Facebook has already handed over copies of the ads and information about the relevant accounts to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Facebook did not comment for this story but did point to a statement from Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, who said earlier this month that "the vast majority of ads run by these accounts didn't specifically reference the U.S. presidential election, voting or a particular candidate." "Rather," Stamos said, "the ads and accounts appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum - touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said this week that the aim of the ad-buyers "was to sow chaos. "In many cases, it was more about voter suppression rather than increasing turnout," he told reporters The Senate Intelligence Committee will also hear from Twitter on Thursday about how foreign nationals may have used its ad service to influence the 2016 election. Twitter has declined to shed any light so far on what information it plans to give to Congress.

The Black Lives Matter ad targeted toward Baltimore and Ferguson, which sources discussed with CNN on the condition of anonymity, was one of a small handful of ads presented to congress earlier this month. Facebook has said that it will hand over detailed records of all 3,000 ads to congress in a matter of days. CNN has not seen the ad but the targeted was described by the sources Facebook has already handed over copies of the ads and information about the relevant accounts to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Facebook did not comment for this story but did point to a statement from Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, who said earlier this month that "the vast majority of ads run by these accounts didn't specifically reference the U.S. presidential election, voting or a particular candidate." "Rather," Stamos said, "the ads and accounts appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum - touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said this week that the aim of the ad-buyers "was to sow chaos. "In many cases, it was more about voter suppression rather than increasing turnout," he told reporters The Senate Intelligence Committee will also hear from Twitter on Thursday about how foreign nationals may have used its ad service to influence the 2016 election. Twitter has declined to shed any light so far on what information it plans to give to Congress.

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Russia and Facebook

New descriptions of the Russian- bought ads shared with CNN suggest that the apparent goal of the Russian buyers was to amplify political discord and fuel an atmosphere of incivility and chaos, though not necessarily to promote one candidate or cause over another. Facebook's review of Russiarn efforts on its platform focused on a timeframe from June 2015 to May 2017.

New descriptions of the Russian- bought ads shared with CNN suggest that the apparent goal of the Russian buyers was to amplify political discord and fuel an atmosphere of incivility and chaos, though not necessarily to promote one candidate or cause over another. Facebook's review of Russiarn efforts on its platform focused on a timeframe from June 2015 to May 2017.

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Trump, Sanders, and Stein

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was the beneficiary of at least one of the Russian-bought political ads on Facebook that federal government officials suspect were intended to influence the 2016 election. Other advertisements paid for by shadowy Russian buyers criticized Hillary Clinton and promoted Donald Trump. Some backed Bernie Sanders and his platform even after his presidential campaign had ended, according to a person with knowledge of the ads. The pro-Stein ad came late in the political campaign and pushed her candidacy for president, this person said. "Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein," the ad reads. "Trust me. It's not a wasted vote.... The only way to take our country back is to stop voting for the corporations and banks that own us. #GrowaSpineVoteJil!Stein."

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was the beneficiary of at least one of the Russian-bought political ads on Facebook that federal government officials suspect were intended to influence the 2016 election. Other advertisements paid for by shadowy Russian buyers criticized Hillary Clinton and promoted Donald Trump. Some backed Bernie Sanders and his platform even after his presidential campaign had ended, according to a person with knowledge of the ads. The pro-Stein ad came late in the political campaign and pushed her candidacy for president, this person said. "Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein," the ad reads. "Trust me. It's not a wasted vote.... The only way to take our country back is to stop voting for the corporations and banks that own us. #GrowaSpineVoteJil!Stein."

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Boston Antifa...in Russia?

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Money Laundering, you say?

Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds By BRIAN ROSS and MATTHEW MOSK Sep 26, 2017, 2:53 PM ET

Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds By BRIAN ROSS and MATTHEW MOSK Sep 26, 2017, 2:53 PM ET

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Kilimnik and Manafort

Asked about his conversations with Manafort, Kilimnik told RFE/RL on September 21 that thev discussed the U.S election campaign, but he declined to describe the e-mail in detail or to sav whether there was an effort to reach out to Deripaska "There were millions of emails. J)) we worked for 11 years. And we discussed a lot of issues, from Putin to women," Kilimnik said via text message. "Of course we discussed trump and everything," he said in another message. "A lot of things. Our clients owe us money. Is there any violation of the law or proof of my work for KGB or whoever in those discussions?" "On the political side there is no case that can be made about my involvement in the US elections," Kilimnik wrote in another September 21 message. "They are tough investigators and probably will get manafort for some financial crap. With that manv vears of international clients no one can be 100% clean."

Asked about his conversations with Manafort, Kilimnik told RFE/RL on September 21 that thev discussed the U.S election campaign, but he declined to describe the e-mail in detail or to sav whether there was an effort to reach out to Deripaska "There were millions of emails. J)) we worked for 11 years. And we discussed a lot of issues, from Putin to women," Kilimnik said via text message. "Of course we discussed trump and everything," he said in another message. "A lot of things. Our clients owe us money. Is there any violation of the law or proof of my work for KGB or whoever in those discussions?" "On the political side there is no case that can be made about my involvement in the US elections," Kilimnik wrote in another September 21 message. "They are tough investigators and probably will get manafort for some financial crap. With that manv vears of international clients no one can be 100% clean."

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Totally a coincidence

Donald J. Trump. @realDonaldTrump. 5h The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary? RT @RT_com 7h BREAKING: Russia never placed political ads on Facebook - Kremlin on alleged interference in US election on.rt.com/8nv6 RT Q 119 n789 1,550

Donald J. Trump. @realDonaldTrump. 5h The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary? RT @RT_com 7h BREAKING: Russia never placed political ads on Facebook - Kremlin on alleged interference in US election on.rt.com/8nv6 RT Q 119 n789 1,550

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RNC paying for Donald Trump Jr.'s legal expenses

The RNC's special legal fund, like the campaign itself, is permitted to cover any legal expenses that arise directly from a campaign or a government official's duties in office. The costs of election recounts and routine compliance matters are covered; drunk driving arrests and sex scandals are not. If the RNC counts the legal defense of the President's son, a private citizen, in the Russia investigation as a campaign-related expense, Noble asked, "where does that stop?"

The RNC's special legal fund, like the campaign itself, is permitted to cover any legal expenses that arise directly from a campaign or a government official's duties in office. The costs of election recounts and routine compliance matters are covered; drunk driving arrests and sex scandals are not. If the RNC counts the legal defense of the President's son, a private citizen, in the Russia investigation as a campaign-related expense, Noble asked, "where does that stop?"

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Tip of the iceberg

WHAT WE KNOW WHAT MUELLER KNOWS @DaftTrump

WHAT WE KNOW WHAT MUELLER KNOWS @DaftTrump

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Facebook turns over Russia-linked ads to Congress

Facebook to Provide Congress With Ads Linked to Internet Research Agency By Colin Stretch, General Counsel Two weeks ago, we announced we had found more than 3,000 ads addressing social and political issues that ran in the US between 2015 and 2017 and that appear to have come from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency. We subsequently made clear that we are providing information related to those ads, including the ad content itself, to the Special Counsel investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Since then, some people have asked why we aren't sharing the content of the ads more broadly After an extensive legal and policy review, today we are announcing that we will also share these ads with congressional investigators. We believe it is vitally important that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election. That is an assessment that can be made only by investigators with access to classified intelligence and information from all relevant companies and industries- and we want to do our part. Congress is best placed to use the information we and others provide to inform the public comprehensively and completely This has been a difficult decision. Disclosing content is not something we do lightly under any circumstances. We are deeply committed to safeguarding user content, regardless of the user's nationality, and ads are user content. Federal law also places strict limitations on the disclosure of account information. As our biannual transparency reports make clear, we carefully scrutinize all government data requests, from here and abroad, and we push back where they do not adhere to those legal limitations. And, of course, we also recognize and support the important work of government investigations and take care not take steps, like public disclosures, that might undermine them. Over recent weeks, we have grappled with the extraordinary nature of this particular investigation through this lens. The questions that have arisen go to the integrity of US elections. And the limited information Congress and the intelligence community have shared with us to date suggests that efforts to compromise the 2016 election were varied and sophisticated and that understanding those efforts requires a united effort, from across the technology, intelligence and political communities. We believe the public deserves a full accounting of what happened in the 2016 election, and weve concluded that sharing the ads weve discovered, in a manner that is consistent with our obligations to protect user information, can help That's why we have reached out to congressional leadership to agree on a process and schedule to provide the content of these ads, along with related information, to congressional investigators. At the same time, we will continue our own review and investigation, and to do our part to make sure investigators have the information they need. We look forward to their comprehensive assessment, and to a greater public understanding of what took place

Facebook to Provide Congress With Ads Linked to Internet Research Agency By Colin Stretch, General Counsel Two weeks ago, we announced we had found more than 3,000 ads addressing social and political issues that ran in the US between 2015 and 2017 and that appear to have come from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency. We subsequently made clear that we are providing information related to those ads, including the ad content itself, to the Special Counsel investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Since then, some people have asked why we aren't sharing the content of the ads more broadly After an extensive legal and policy review, today we are announcing that we will also share these ads with congressional investigators. We believe it is vitally important that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election. That is an assessment that can be made only by investigators with access to classified intelligence and information from all relevant companies and industries- and we want to do our part. Congress is best placed to use the information we and others provide to inform the public comprehensively and completely This has been a difficult decision. Disclosing content is not something we do lightly under any circumstances. We are deeply committed to safeguarding user content, regardless of the user's nationality, and ads are user content. Federal law also places strict limitations on the disclosure of account information. As our biannual transparency reports make clear, we carefully scrutinize all government data requests, from here and abroad, and we push back where they do not adhere to those legal limitations. And, of course, we also recognize and support the important work of government investigations and take care not take steps, like public disclosures, that might undermine them. Over recent weeks, we have grappled with the extraordinary nature of this particular investigation through this lens. The questions that have arisen go to the integrity of US elections. And the limited information Congress and the intelligence community have shared with us to date suggests that efforts to compromise the 2016 election were varied and sophisticated and that understanding those efforts requires a united effort, from across the technology, intelligence and political communities. We believe the public deserves a full accounting of what happened in the 2016 election, and weve concluded that sharing the ads weve discovered, in a manner that is consistent with our obligations to protect user information, can help That's why we have reached out to congressional leadership to agree on a process and schedule to provide the content of these ads, along with related information, to congressional investigators. At the same time, we will continue our own review and investigation, and to do our part to make sure investigators have the information they need. We look forward to their comprehensive assessment, and to a greater public understanding of what took place

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Felix Sater and Gary Uher

Trump plavs down his relationship with Sater despite growing evidence of links between the two, including recently published emails detailing how Sater worked with a top Trump Organization lawyer on a planned Moscow property deal as late as 2016, during the presidential campaign McClatchy's investigation now shows that a trusted Trump security aide hired in 2015 had intimate knowledge that Sater, twice convicted, had a criminal past and underworld connections. But court documents from almost two decades ago, obtained by McClatchy, show that Uher played an important part in Sater's decision to return from Russia. 6. On another occasion, I traveled to Russia, again at the behest of the FBI, to assist ia the capture and extradition of Felix Sater, an unindicted co-conspirator in this case. Ihad met Sater on one or more occasions in the United States Bridgemater. The FBI told me that Sater was in Russía and sought my help and assistance to get him back to the United States for criminal prosecution. The FBI offered to pay for my plane fare to Russia, aad again I was debriefed on my efforts to locate Sater and arrange for his extradition. It was my understanding that the FBI again generated an FBl 302 report of my efforts. 7. I was also debriefed at length by Agent Uher regarding my involvement in the United States Bridge matter. I truthfully told him all I knew of the attempts by United States Bridge to get a construction bond through Willis Corroon, the firm with which I was associated. I was also under the impression that he intended to generate an FBI 302 report regarding my debriefing on all United States Bridge matters. This snipped section of a 2000 court deposition of then- informant Lawrence Ray shows how FBI agent Gary Uher worked to bring Felix Sater back from Russia. Almost 20 years later they both were in Donald Trump's orbit Wieder, Ben

Trump plavs down his relationship with Sater despite growing evidence of links between the two, including recently published emails detailing how Sater worked with a top Trump Organization lawyer on a planned Moscow property deal as late as 2016, during the presidential campaign McClatchy's investigation now shows that a trusted Trump security aide hired in 2015 had intimate knowledge that Sater, twice convicted, had a criminal past and underworld connections. But court documents from almost two decades ago, obtained by McClatchy, show that Uher played an important part in Sater's decision to return from Russia. 6. On another occasion, I traveled to Russia, again at the behest of the FBI, to assist ia the capture and extradition of Felix Sater, an unindicted co-conspirator in this case. Ihad met Sater on one or more occasions in the United States Bridgemater. The FBI told me that Sater was in Russía and sought my help and assistance to get him back to the United States for criminal prosecution. The FBI offered to pay for my plane fare to Russia, aad again I was debriefed on my efforts to locate Sater and arrange for his extradition. It was my understanding that the FBI again generated an FBl 302 report of my efforts. 7. I was also debriefed at length by Agent Uher regarding my involvement in the United States Bridge matter. I truthfully told him all I knew of the attempts by United States Bridge to get a construction bond through Willis Corroon, the firm with which I was associated. I was also under the impression that he intended to generate an FBI 302 report regarding my debriefing on all United States Bridge matters. This snipped section of a 2000 court deposition of then- informant Lawrence Ray shows how FBI agent Gary Uher worked to bring Felix Sater back from Russia. Almost 20 years later they both were in Donald Trump's orbit Wieder, Ben

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Robert Mueller's list of requests

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Mueller probes White House for documents

MARY F. CALVERT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 witn Sergey v. Lavrov, tne Russian Toreign minister, in tne Uuvai oitice in May. The American news media was denied access ALEXANDER SHCHERBAK TASS, VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON - Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has asked the White House for documents about some of President Trump's most scrutinized actions since taking office, including the firing of his national security adviser and F.B.I. director, according to White House officials. The document requests provide the most details to date about the breadth of Mr. Mueller's investigation, cand show that several aspects of his inquiry are focused squarely on Mr. Trump's behavior in the White House. In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller's office sent a document to the White House that detailed 13 different areas that investigators want more information about. Since then, administration lawyers have been scouring White House emails and asking officials whether they have other documents or notes that may pertain to Mr. Mueller's requests. Mr. Mueller is also interested in an Oval Office meeting Mr. Trump had with Russian officials in relieved "great pressure" on him. One of the requests is about a meeting Mr. Trump had in May with Russian officials in the Oval Office the day after James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was fired. That day, Mr. Trump met with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, along with other Russian officials. The New York Times reported that in the meeting Mr. Trump had said that firing Mr. Comey relieved "great pressure" on him. Breaking News Alerts Sign up to receive an email from The New York Times as soon as Russia's official news agency photographed President Trump's meeting

MARY F. CALVERT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 witn Sergey v. Lavrov, tne Russian Toreign minister, in tne Uuvai oitice in May. The American news media was denied access ALEXANDER SHCHERBAK TASS, VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON - Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has asked the White House for documents about some of President Trump's most scrutinized actions since taking office, including the firing of his national security adviser and F.B.I. director, according to White House officials. The document requests provide the most details to date about the breadth of Mr. Mueller's investigation, cand show that several aspects of his inquiry are focused squarely on Mr. Trump's behavior in the White House. In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller's office sent a document to the White House that detailed 13 different areas that investigators want more information about. Since then, administration lawyers have been scouring White House emails and asking officials whether they have other documents or notes that may pertain to Mr. Mueller's requests. Mr. Mueller is also interested in an Oval Office meeting Mr. Trump had with Russian officials in relieved "great pressure" on him. One of the requests is about a meeting Mr. Trump had in May with Russian officials in the Oval Office the day after James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was fired. That day, Mr. Trump met with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, along with other Russian officials. The New York Times reported that in the meeting Mr. Trump had said that firing Mr. Comey relieved "great pressure" on him. Breaking News Alerts Sign up to receive an email from The New York Times as soon as Russia's official news agency photographed President Trump's meeting

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