The NYT found a connection between the son of trump and “Russian interference” in the elections
Donald trump Jr. before meeting with a Russian lawyer, where he promised dirt on Hillary Clinton, received a letter. In it he said that it is the efforts of the government of Russia to help his father to win, writes the NYT.
The US President’s son Donald trump Jr. before last year’s meeting with a Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, which, as he expected to give him incriminating information about Hillary Clinton, received an pismo. In it, he was informed that this information is part of the efforts of the Russian government to assist the election campaign of his father. This writes the newspaper the New York Times, citing three sources familiar with the contents of this e-mail.
According to the publication, this letter was sent to Trump, Jr., PR specialist and former reporter of one of the British tabloids, Rob Goldstone, who organized this meeting.
E-the message of the Goldstone, according to interlocutors of the newspaper, indicates that the source of compromising democratic nominee information is the Russian government. In this case, the message does not specify exactly how this information could help the campaign of trump. Also from the letter it is unclear whether the promised dirt with hacking servers of the National Committee of the Democratic party, the publication adds.
The day before trump Jr. admitted that he had gone to the meeting, as interested in the promises of dirt on the democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
On Monday, Reuters published a statement of Goldstone, in which he argues that organized last year’s meeting between trump Jr. and the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at the request of his client, Moscow — singer and businessman Emin Agalarov.
According to the last statement Golston, the lawyer “had information about the illegal contributions to the election Fund of the National Committee of the Democratic party.”
On the meeting of the son of trump’s lawyer Veselnitskaya reported on Saturday, July 8, the newspaper the New York Times. As wrote the edition, Veselnitskaya “has ties to the Kremlin.”
On Monday, the information about the meeting trump Jr. and attorney Veselnitskaya said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. “We don’t know who it is,” Peskov said about the lawyer.