it to the proper authorities. i would never do anything to endanger this country. we fought so hard during this campaign. the rest of our family, the efforts we put into it. we would do anything for this country. we are never going to put that in jeopardy. ever. sean: all the emails that exist on this case, you don t think there s any other one? donald jr.,: we have scoured it thoroughly, just to be sure. there isn t anything else there. sean: there was no follow-up, with any of them? donald jr.,: there was no reason to follow up. it was a waste of time. sean: did you learn about the adoption issue when you were there? donald jr.,: i gave them a little bit of time as a courtesy, i probably heard whatever i heard in the room but it s a big issue for a lot of people, i guess. it wasn t a campaign talking point. it wasn t something this was not something i was going to worry about at that stage. we had a lot of bigger fish to fry. that s what i was focused on. sean: when w
now. this has been going on for several months. when you look to see what actually takes place, a meeting takes place, nothing happens as a result of this 15 or 20-minute meeting. and at the end of the day there is no illegality. so, people could be, you know, they want to create a media hysteria on, this but the reality, i m trying to look at it as a lawyer and say okay, what statute of law has been violated? brian: he is the legal expert. the question i gave to him yesterday stands today. you have to go to everybody who was involved. corey lunged will be on here later. what was any of your interaction? i don t care what you thought then, what is any of your interaction with any russian official, formal or informal and get it out ahead of time. if this was gotten out when this probe started, became apparent in october, became real after the president won, he said yeah, i had a meeting with a russian woman who wanted to talk about this adoption issue, and i just want to tell you what h
i would never do anything to endanger this country. we fought so hard during this campaign. the rest of our family, the efforts we put into it. we would do anything for this country. we are never going to put that in jeopardy. ever. sean: all the emails that exist on this case, you don t think there s any other one? donald jr.,: we have scoured it thoroughly, just to be sure. there isn t anything else there. sean: there was no follow-up, with any of them? donald jr.,: there was no reason to follow up. it was a waste of time. sean: did you learn about the adoption issue when you were there? donald jr.,: i gave them a little bit of time as a courtesy, i probably heard whatever i heard in the room but it s a big issue for a lot of people, i guess. it wasn t a campaign talking point. it wasn t something this was not something i was going to worry about at that stage. we had a lot of bigger fish to fry. that s what i was focused on. sean: when we come back, i
new york times, this russian attorney has connections to the kremlin. it certainly would seem to indicate if it s a russian government effort to help your father s campaign and we want you to meet with this russian attorney, it would seem like in anybody s mind, they would be linked. accurately or not. but without knowing the contents of the conversation, i think that to my point about the known unknowns, there is a lot that we don t know. you know, we know what both of these sides have said about this. well, let s talk about what we don t know at this point. well, look, we don t actually know what was said in this meeting. donald trump jr. is the only one who s given an account so far. the adoption lawyer or the lawyer who supposedly was interested in the adoption issue, which really is a pretext frankly for sanctions on human rights abuses, that s what it relates to, but i believe that she put out a statement saying that that was all that it was. but again, this is you k
to argue then it s not subtle. to argue then that you had no idea that this russian attorney according to the new york times, this russian attorney has connections to the kremlin. it certainly would seem to indicate if it s a russian government effort to help your father s campaign and we want you to meet with this russian attorney, it would seem like in anybody s mind, they would be linked. accurately or not. but without knowing the contents of the conversation, i think that to my point about the known unknowns, there is a lot that we don t know. you know, we know what both of these sides have said about this. well, let s talk about what we don t know at this point. well, look, we don t actually know what was said in this meeting. donald trump jr. is the only one who s given an account so far. the adoption lawyer or the lawyer who supposedly was interested in the adoption issue, which really is a pretext frankly for sanctions on human rights abuses, that s what it