Ties to the kremlin. As the times points out this is the first confirmed private meeting between a Russia National and members of mr. Trumps inner circle during the campaign. The russian lawyer is known for fighting the u. S. Which allows the u. S. To seize the assets of and deny visas to suspected human rights abusers from russia. In realitation, Vladimir Putin banned american adoption of russian children. Don jr. And kushner both confirmed the meeting had taken place. They primary discussed the Adoption Program, but meanwhile the president s outside legal team is suggesting the meeting was a setup by democrats. The participants in the meeting misrepresented who they were and who they worked for. Specifically we have learned that the person who sought the meeting is associated with a firm, which according to public reports, was obtained by democratic operatives to develop Opposition Research on the president and which commissioned the phony dossier. Who authorized and participated in
Bosses in tough spot but scrutinizing their own potential role in any obstruction inquiry. Two men laid out rationale for firing jim comey. Said he was wrong in way he handled Hillary Clintons email investigation, that the fbi could not regain trust until a new director understands the gravity of comeys mistakes. That letter was really odd at the time. And you may remember this too, looked even odder when donald trump admitted on television to lester holt he fired comey with russia on his mind, not the clinton investigation and letter coming out that week from the doj. Mueller is probing those conflicting story lines and doj communications with white house counterparts. So bob mueller is checking whether trump loyalists involved in that now infamous firing, like Stephen Miller participated in this. Miller reportedly wrote one draft of the letter. And Washington Post is reporting that nervous aides in white house are talking about their nervousness. Mueller heading to classic gambino st