justice department s national security division. if someone comes waving around the promise of dirt, you take the meeting. i began my career in opposition research. the first several years i was involved in politics i was a low level junior research staffer. that included on a wide variety of campaigns. i ve never heard of anybody agreeing to meet with any sort of foreigner to obtain dirt on their point. let let a kaenlt lawyer, or an australian lawyer. we re talking about an adversary of the united states. that is to influence our election. and look, i ll no legal expert but i think it is totally bogus to suggest that it was okay because they didn t actually obtain any useful information. that s a pretty lame excuse. and one that i just don t think a lot of people will buy.
if someone comes waving around the promise of dirt, you take the meeting. i began my career in opposition research. the first several years i was involved in politics i was a low level junior research staffer. that included on a wide variety of campaigns. i ve never heard of anybody agreeing to meet with any sort of foreigner to obtain dirt on their point. let let a kaenlt lawyer, or an australian lawyer. we re talking about an adversary of the united states. that is to influence our election. and look, i ll no legal expert but i think it is totally bogus to suggest that it was okay because they didn t actually obtain any useful information. that s a pretty lame excuse. and one that i just don t think a lot of people will buy. i want to talk about a piece you wrote.