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Paul Manafort just agreed to turn himself in to the FBI. What should we report on? CNN: Manafort MSNBC: Manafort Fox News: Hamburger emoji

Roberto Ferdman @robferdman Paul Manafort just agreed to turn himself in to the FBl. What should we report on? CNN: Manafort MSNBC: Manafort Fox News: Hamburger emoji Washi 8:13 8:13AND THEN THEY VILL DRIVE HIH I THROUGH THE BREAKING NEWS CNIN: PAUL MANAFORT TO TURN HIMSELF IN TO FBI TODAY SAY CHEESE! on FOX&friends First indictment from Special Counsel Robert Mueller RIGHT NOW 62 NEW YORK 46 PHILADELPHIA BOSTON Up WHILE ME OF THE WORLD'S TIGHTEST RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN AND HAS LONG B N Spectrum 8:13 am OT JUST ACCUSED POTENTIALLY OF THESE OLDER ACTIVITIES morm BREAKING NEWS MANAFORT UNDER SCRUTINY FOR NOT PROPERLY DISCLOSING HIS FOREIGN LOBBYING TANA BASED WHITEFISH ENERGY FOLLOWING A PLEA FROM GOV. RICARDO RO: 6:1

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A plea to Republicans: Reserve judgment if you wish, talk about Hillary if you will. But DON'T defend Paul Manafort or trash Robert Mueller.

Bill Kristol @BillKristol A plea to Republicans: Reserve judgment if you wish, talk about Hillary if you will. But DON'T defend Paul Manafort or trash Robert Mueller.

Bill Kristol @BillKristol A plea to Republicans: Reserve judgment if you wish, talk about Hillary if you will. But DON'T defend Paul Manafort or trash Robert Mueller.

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Special Counsel Mueller appears to have a cooperating witness, George Papadopoulos. That is significant. Time will tell how significant.

Preet Bharara @PreetBharara Special Counsel Mueller appears to have a cooperating witness, George Papadopoulos. That is significant. Time will tell how significant.

Preet Bharara @PreetBharara Special Counsel Mueller appears to have a cooperating witness, George Papadopoulos. That is significant. Time will tell how significant.

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George Papadopolous set up the Russian meetings

George Papadopolous, 30, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, to making false statements to FBl agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 The case was unsealed today, and a sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date

George Papadopolous, 30, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, to making false statements to FBl agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 The case was unsealed today, and a sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date

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Sean Hannity: XD

Sean Hannity @seanhannity @newtgingrich: "Nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to really help get this [Trump] campaign to where it is right now." 8/19/16, 10:08 PM

Sean Hannity @seanhannity @newtgingrich: "Nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to really help get this [Trump] campaign to where it is right now." 8/19/16, 10:08 PM

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Statement from DOJ

Paul J. Manafort, Jr., 68, of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, 45, of Richmond, Va., have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 27, 2017, in the District of Columbia. The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. The case was unsealed today after the defendants were permitted to surrender themselves to the custody of the FBI. The indictment may be found at https://www.justice.gov/sco

Paul J. Manafort, Jr., 68, of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, 45, of Richmond, Va., have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 27, 2017, in the District of Columbia. The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. The case was unsealed today after the defendants were permitted to surrender themselves to the custody of the FBI. The indictment may be found at https://www.justice.gov/sco

Roger Stone is handling tonight’s news like the dapper gentleman he is

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Roger Stone 32.7K Tweets Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Roger Stone @RogerJ StoneJr-23m ﹀ No .@CharlesBlow YOU Lie- u have no cried you fast talking arrogant fake news p------------! 195 89 294 Roger Stone > @RogerJStoneJr-26m ﹀ @donlemon you come across on tv as a dull witted arrogant partyboi. You lie constantly and no one who knows you thinks you r bright 136 192 627 Roger Stone * @RogerJStoneJr-37m ﹀ @donlemon must be confronted, humiliated, mocked and punished Dumber than dog s---. 194 395 1,149 Roger Stone * @RogerJStone...-40m donlemon stop lying about about the Clinton's and Uranium you ignorant lying covksucker !!!! You fake news you dumb p------------. 505 549 1,583

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Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka If this man's team executes warrants this weekend he should stripped of his authority by @realDonaldTrump Then HE should be investigated.

Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka If this man's team executes warrants this weekend he should stripped of his authority by @realDonaldTrump Then HE should be investigated.

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Who ya got

Who ya got 60% Manafort 22% Flynn 2% Page 16% Other 1,186 votes Final results

Who ya got 60% Manafort 22% Flynn 2% Page 16% Other 1,186 votes Final results

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Paul Manafort & Richard Gates charged with conspiracy, money laundering

U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia) Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, of Richmond, Va., have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 27, 2017, in the District of Columbia. The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. The case was unsealed on Oct. 30, 2017, after the defendants were permitted to surrender themselves to the custody of the FBI

U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia) Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, of Richmond, Va., have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 27, 2017, in the District of Columbia. The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. The case was unsealed on Oct. 30, 2017, after the defendants were permitted to surrender themselves to the custody of the FBI

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Chuck Grassley must recuse from investigation

oo AT&T LTE 9:13 PM 1 amp.theguardian.com Stephanie Kirchgaessner Friday 13 October 2017 05.30 EDT A close associate of Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arranged a covert investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state, and through intermediaries turned to a person with knowledge of the "dark web" for heljp More on this topic Michael Flynn promoted US- Russian nuclear project from WhiteRepublicarn House Flynn, a retired three-star general who led chants of “lock her up" at last year's convention, is a central figure in the FBI's investigation into whether the Kremlin worked with the Trump campaign to sway the US election Flynn is personally and ideologically linked to Barbara Ledeen, a longtime conservative acti who works for the Republican senator Chuck Grassley on the Senate judiciary committee which is now investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia. Advertisement

oo AT&T LTE 9:13 PM 1 amp.theguardian.com Stephanie Kirchgaessner Friday 13 October 2017 05.30 EDT A close associate of Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arranged a covert investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state, and through intermediaries turned to a person with knowledge of the "dark web" for heljp More on this topic Michael Flynn promoted US- Russian nuclear project from WhiteRepublicarn House Flynn, a retired three-star general who led chants of “lock her up" at last year's convention, is a central figure in the FBI's investigation into whether the Kremlin worked with the Trump campaign to sway the US election Flynn is personally and ideologically linked to Barbara Ledeen, a longtime conservative acti who works for the Republican senator Chuck Grassley on the Senate judiciary committee which is now investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia. Advertisement

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Twitter bans ads from RT and Sputnik

Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately. This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election and the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government. We did not come to this decision lightly, and are taking this step now as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect the integrity of the user experience on Twitter Early this year, the U.S. intelligence community named RT and Sputnik as implementing state-sponsored Russian efforts to interfere with and disrupt the 2016 Presidential election, which is not something we want on Twitter. This decision is restricted to these two entities based our internal investigation of their behavior as well as their inclusion in the January 2017 DNI report. This decision does not apply to any other advertisers. RT and Sputnik may remain organic users on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules. Twitter has also decided to take the $1.9 million we are projected to have earned from RT global advertising since they became an advertiser in 2011, which includes the $274,100 in 2016 U.S.- based advertising that we highlighted in our September 28 blog post, and donate those funds to support external research into the use of Twitter in civic engagement and elections, including use of malicious automation and misinformation, with an initial focus on elections and automation. We will have more details to share on this disbursement soon.

Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately. This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election and the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government. We did not come to this decision lightly, and are taking this step now as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect the integrity of the user experience on Twitter Early this year, the U.S. intelligence community named RT and Sputnik as implementing state-sponsored Russian efforts to interfere with and disrupt the 2016 Presidential election, which is not something we want on Twitter. This decision is restricted to these two entities based our internal investigation of their behavior as well as their inclusion in the January 2017 DNI report. This decision does not apply to any other advertisers. RT and Sputnik may remain organic users on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules. Twitter has also decided to take the $1.9 million we are projected to have earned from RT global advertising since they became an advertiser in 2011, which includes the $274,100 in 2016 U.S.- based advertising that we highlighted in our September 28 blog post, and donate those funds to support external research into the use of Twitter in civic engagement and elections, including use of malicious automation and misinformation, with an initial focus on elections and automation. We will have more details to share on this disbursement soon.

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Assange, Mercers, and Trump

In an email sent in late July 2016 and recently reviewed by the person, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix told other employees at the firm and Rebekah Mercer, a top Republican donor, that he had recently reached out to Mr. Assange to offer help better indexing the messages WikiLeaks was releasing to make them more easily searchable. Those messages stolen from Mrs. Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's account and from the Democratic National Committee. emails included a trove of

In an email sent in late July 2016 and recently reviewed by the person, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix told other employees at the firm and Rebekah Mercer, a top Republican donor, that he had recently reached out to Mr. Assange to offer help better indexing the messages WikiLeaks was releasing to make them more easily searchable. Those messages stolen from Mrs. Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's account and from the Democratic National Committee. emails included a trove of

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Wikileaks, Mercer, and Trump

Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus Follow May 2016: Mercer mulls looking for missing Clinton emails July 2016: Nix emails Assange, CC's Mercer, about emails Wikileaks' Assange Says He Rejected Overture From Trump-Linked Group The chief executive of a data analytics company that worked for two Republican presidential campaigns, including that of Donald Trump, reached out to WikiLeaks. wsj.com 8:22 PM-25 Oct 2017 995 Retweets 1,247 Likes 65 995 1.2K

Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus Follow May 2016: Mercer mulls looking for missing Clinton emails July 2016: Nix emails Assange, CC's Mercer, about emails Wikileaks' Assange Says He Rejected Overture From Trump-Linked Group The chief executive of a data analytics company that worked for two Republican presidential campaigns, including that of Donald Trump, reached out to WikiLeaks. wsj.com 8:22 PM-25 Oct 2017 995 Retweets 1,247 Likes 65 995 1.2K

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@jack did what now?

Follow @M_Simonyan Hope @jack won't forget to tell @congressdotgov how @Twitter pitched @RT_com to spend big $$s on US elex ad campaign. U.S. Elections Proposal for @RT_com #QuestionMore For discussion purposes only RT 5:00 AM-26 Oct 2017 493 Retweets 487 Likes 52 493 487

Follow @M_Simonyan Hope @jack won't forget to tell @congressdotgov how @Twitter pitched @RT_com to spend big $$s on US elex ad campaign. U.S. Elections Proposal for @RT_com #QuestionMore For discussion purposes only RT 5:00 AM-26 Oct 2017 493 Retweets 487 Likes 52 493 487

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Republicans seek premature end to Russia probes

Jeremy Herb· @jeremyherb Follow NEW this AM with @mkraju: GOP calls grow to end congressional Russia probes by the end of the year GOP calls grow to end Russia investigations this year A growing number of key Republicans are sending this message to the leaders of the al committees investigating potential Trump campaign collusion with cnn.com 5:49 AM- 18 Oct 2017 율 @ ● e 日 28 Retweets 14 Likes

Jeremy Herb· @jeremyherb Follow NEW this AM with @mkraju: GOP calls grow to end congressional Russia probes by the end of the year GOP calls grow to end Russia investigations this year A growing number of key Republicans are sending this message to the leaders of the al committees investigating potential Trump campaign collusion with cnn.com 5:49 AM- 18 Oct 2017 율 @ ● e 日 28 Retweets 14 Likes

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Protester throws Russian flags at Trump and McConnell

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Rohrabacher's travel funding denied, because of Russia

"His committee travel and hearing requests were curtailed following news accounts of his outside-the-box interest in Russia," Rohrabacher's communications director, Ken Grubbs confirmed to The Daily Beast. Congressional leaders are often loathe to interject in each other's jurisdictions, let alone level such an intra-party admonishment. But anxiety over Rohrabacher and his proximity to Moscow has been brewing within GOP circles for months, if not years. Rohrabacher has long called for closer relations between the U.S. and Russia, to the point that the FBI warned him that he was being potentially recruited as a Russian spy. But it was his use of congressional resources in pursuit of those better relations that led GOP leadership to act.

"His committee travel and hearing requests were curtailed following news accounts of his outside-the-box interest in Russia," Rohrabacher's communications director, Ken Grubbs confirmed to The Daily Beast. Congressional leaders are often loathe to interject in each other's jurisdictions, let alone level such an intra-party admonishment. But anxiety over Rohrabacher and his proximity to Moscow has been brewing within GOP circles for months, if not years. Rohrabacher has long called for closer relations between the U.S. and Russia, to the point that the FBI warned him that he was being potentially recruited as a Russian spy. But it was his use of congressional resources in pursuit of those better relations that led GOP leadership to act.

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Goldstone and Veselnitskaya email about Don Jr. meeting

AT&T LTE 1:46 PM イ0 % 93% Done 2.cdn.turner.com 25.08 2 1 of 1 .. ..ラ..onfirmed for Donald Trump Jr @mail We will be at trump tower from 345pm so let me or lke know when you are here Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 12:39, Haranwa Prefect! Will be there at 4 pm, meeting confirmed. OrnpasneHO C Phone wrote 9 MIOHR 2016 r, B9:55, Rob GoldstoneHancan(a): I would suggest you bring whoever you need in order to make the meeting successful. Please bring them with you and meet lke for your meeting at 4pm today Best Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 09:24, HaTanwa wrote Dear Mr. Goldstone, I am writing to ask you to pass by Mt. Trump my request to include our trusted associale and lobbyist Mr. RInat Akhmetshin, who is working to advance these issues with several congressmen. He has invaluable knowledge about the positions hold by the membors of the Fcreign Rclations Commitice that will bo vory important to our discussion. Mr. Akhmetshin has signed an NDA with us as did Mt. Samochonov. I will be awaiting your decision Kind regards, Natalia OmpasneHo c iPhone 7 IOHA 2016 r, 17:27, Rob GoldstoneHanwcan(a) Good Afternoon I have confirmed a meeting for you both at 3pm on Thursday with Donald Trump Jr. at his office at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. I can meet you there and bring you up to his office, introduce you all and then I shall step away and leave you to the meeting Please ensure you have official ID for the very tight security now at Trump Tower Driver's license and or passport etc. I will be on my cell on Thursday If you need anything - Rob Goldstone

AT&T LTE 1:46 PM イ0 % 93% Done 2.cdn.turner.com 25.08 2 1 of 1 .. ..ラ..onfirmed for Donald Trump Jr @mail We will be at trump tower from 345pm so let me or lke know when you are here Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 12:39, Haranwa Prefect! Will be there at 4 pm, meeting confirmed. OrnpasneHO C Phone wrote 9 MIOHR 2016 r, B9:55, Rob GoldstoneHancan(a): I would suggest you bring whoever you need in order to make the meeting successful. Please bring them with you and meet lke for your meeting at 4pm today Best Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 09:24, HaTanwa wrote Dear Mr. Goldstone, I am writing to ask you to pass by Mt. Trump my request to include our trusted associale and lobbyist Mr. RInat Akhmetshin, who is working to advance these issues with several congressmen. He has invaluable knowledge about the positions hold by the membors of the Fcreign Rclations Commitice that will bo vory important to our discussion. Mr. Akhmetshin has signed an NDA with us as did Mt. Samochonov. I will be awaiting your decision Kind regards, Natalia OmpasneHo c iPhone 7 IOHA 2016 r, 17:27, Rob GoldstoneHanwcan(a) Good Afternoon I have confirmed a meeting for you both at 3pm on Thursday with Donald Trump Jr. at his office at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. I can meet you there and bring you up to his office, introduce you all and then I shall step away and leave you to the meeting Please ensure you have official ID for the very tight security now at Trump Tower Driver's license and or passport etc. I will be on my cell on Thursday If you need anything - Rob Goldstone

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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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