meeting. you get two more calls two more emails, yes. asking to set up more meetings with trumps? for the same person. for this attorney. goldstone says he didn t actively pursue it. and the story of the trump tower meeting might have stayed hidden. if not for the work of some investigative reporters. jo becker was part of a team at the new york times who noticed something interesting in jared kushner s updated security clearance forms. on this long list of contacts that he now gave to the fbi he wrote that natalia vesilnitskaya, that was it and paul manafort, the campaign chairman had separately had to disclose to congress that he met with some russian official i think is how he put it at the request of don jr. so we were able to piece this together and at least paul manafort and the president s son had met with this person in the
trump jr., his brother-in-law, jared kushner and trump campaign chair, paul manafort. don came out and saw these people. they went in and i said, thank you very much i m leaving and he said, where are you going? and i said i m leaving and he said why don t you just sit in so you can get people out at the end. i found myself in the meeting. was the dirt on the democratic party and hillary clinton forthcoming? not as far as i was aware. i decided i would use the opportunity to check my emails just sit there, but to keep half an ear open. my eyes were definitely open. because although i thought well i don t really know much about this subject. i ll be able to change if there s a change in body language. goldstone said he noticed the mood deflate as he talked about sanctions and the magnitsky act. it didn t sound like useful dirt on hillary clinton. jared kushner who was sitting
amon and i went to meet with the miss universe organization in manhattan. and about getting a co-star for a video. and they asked for the most beautiful woman in the world. they also had a conversation about where the next miss universe contest would be. and amon says why not moscow? my father and i own this big concert hall in moscow. why don t we do that instead? he went, let s do it you ll have your concert. rob will torg and that s it. the idea went all the way to the top of the miss universe organization. to donald trump. donald trump loved the idea, said make it work. the agolarovs travelled to the states in june 2013. goldstone was on hand for the introductions. i remember i was in the lobby of the trump hotel in vegas, waiting for the agalorovs to arrive. donald trump was at the other
the true meaning of the trump tower meeting, then the special counsel is asking, is it obstruction of justice? not long after the trump tower sit-down, rob gold stone ended his working relationship with the russian pop singer. the questions about his role in the meeting catapulted goldstone in the middle of the russia probe. it was goldstone who wrote the e-mail on behalf of the russians who wanted to meet with donny jr. to share dirt on hillary clinton. goldstone first testified on capitol hill. then the special counsel team called asking him to respond to questions as a voluntary witness. tell us what it was like inside that room when you went in to face the mueller lawyers. the publicist part of me thought it was a glamorous thing, would be at the jay edgar hoover building and be some incredible, almost like some experience, anyway, but it was
but he quite candidly said yes, yes, i set up the meeting and i described the meeting. the one thing he did not want to say in the first phone call is he said he had done it on behalf of a russian client. but he did not want to name the client. when i first was asked again about this meeting. you only thing coy remember was adoption. come on, you didn t remember you had offered dirt on hillary clinton from the russian government? well i didn t remember that, that s not the meeting, that s the email but what the meeting actually transpired. the only thing that sat with me was, it was that ridiculous meeting about adoption. goldstone says he continued on with his vacation. so i went shopping and tried on crowns and took selfies and it was more hats. and you posted them. and i posted them. you were not getting it? i was not getting it, no. it wasn t long before someone slipped goldstone s email exchange with don jr. to the new york times reporters. i mean my jaw dr