with china for damping information on the other candidate. great to see you, jake. appreciate you jumping on. special coverage continues right now with dana bash. and i will pick up the breaking news from here. i an dana bash in for john king who is off. as you ve just heard on cnn, the very latest bombshell from the russian lawyers meeting last june with donald trump jr. comes from don jr. himself. the eldest son of the 45th u.s. president has just released what he says is the entire e-mail chain between himself and the british publicist who set up the meeting on the promise of incriminating information on hillary clinton, and that chain begins with this on june 3, 2016. a meeting, mutual acquaintance just call and asked me to contact you with something very
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the e-mails come from rob goldstone, a trump acquaintance and publicist who was involved in the miss universe pageant in moscow, and who has russian clients with ties to vladimir putin. the subject line of the e-mail chain, russia - clinton - private and confidential. on june 3, 2016, goldstone tells don jr. that, quote, the crown prosecutor of russia offered to provide the trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary, and her deals with russia and would be very useful to your father. this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it is part of russia and its government s support for mr. trump. less than 20 minutes later, don jr. responds, thanks, rob. i appreciate that. if it s what you say i love it especially later in the summer. four days later on that same chain, goldstone e-mails don jr. about setting up a meeting in
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the trump family, sent june 3, 2016, reads, in part, the crown prosecutor of russia met with his father this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. this is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. i can also send this information to your father, but it is ultrasensitive, so wanted to send to you first. trump jr. then replies, thanks, rob, i appreciate that. if it s what you says, i love it, especially later in the summer. it appears former presidential campaign paul manafort and donald trump s son-in-law, jared kushner, knew about the e-mail prior to meeting with the attorney because trump jr. forwarded them the e-mail. joining me now is cnn political director david. it s interesting to hear sarah huckabee sanders refer all
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