Hello again, everyone. Thanks so much for joining me. Im Fredricka Whitfield in washington, d. C. Its the meeting that just wont go away. More than two years later, the story is still evolving on the in infamous 2016 trump tower meeting. President trump now taking a firm stance on the true purpose of the meeting, tweeting, in fact, today, this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics and it went nowhere. That message very far from the initial statement from donald trump jr. That we later learned was dictated by President Trump himself, saying this, we primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children, with no mention of dirt on Hillary Clinton. So this shift comes as sources tell cnn the president is concerned about his son becoming entangled in the russia probe. Cnns white house correspondent
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throughout his life, sam alito has shown himself to be a person of grace and humility. of composure and decency, and a fairness and civility. samuel alito is a model supreme court justice. please join me in welcoming him this evening. nice friendly introduction. the man introducing samuel alito at this 2010 event. his name is paul singer, he is a hedge fund billionaire, a republican megadonor, and the figure behind him published by propublica, offering never revealed details of a luxury fishing trip that justice alito made to alaska, in 2008 aboard mr. singer s private jet. a trip justice alito didn t disclose. now, around the time mr. singer flew justice alito to alaska, he was trying to convince the supreme court, singer s, to intervene in a two billion dollar dispute that he had with the government of argentina. but toledo didn t says he didn t do anything
disclose. now, around the time mr. singer flew justice alito to alaska, he was trying to convince the supreme court, singer s, to intervene in a two billion dollar dispute that he had with the government of argentina. but toledo didn t says he didn t do anything wrong by not disclosing the trip, because he considered it to be personal hospitality and because he says he barely knew mr. singer. quote, my recollection is that i ve spoken to mr. singer on no more than a handful of occasions, all of which, with the exception of a small talk during fishing trips 15 years ago, consisted of the brief and casual comments at events attended by large groups. let s continue. on no occasion have we discussed the activities of his business, and have never talked about any case or issue before the court. all right, joining us now is the propublica reporter he is part of the team that broke this illuminating story about justice alito last night. josh, good to see you. thank you for being with us.