they to be offered damaging information, that it s entirely possible that the meeting went exactly the way trump jr. and others say it did. but the point was to probe to find out would they be interested and this is exactly how russia would do this. through this family friend of the trumps. what are your sources in the national community saying? the cutout model is the way russia operates. if they re going to offer you something like this, they re not going to send somebody in a kgb uniform. many of the meetings that have taken place between trump aids and russians were not official russian intelligence officials. these were ticons, businessman, etc. like this lawyer who came innkeep in mind this is a powerful lawyer tied to the kremlin who is connected to rich people in russia.