but there s panic in some of those e-mails. we hear from goldstone he warned the russians, warned the aglavrovs he thought this was a bad idea. when it goes south, he reminds them repeatedly he had told them this was a bad idea. this seemed to be some understanding. the aglab rove s own employee said when he got wind there might be dirt about hillary clinton involved he thought about backing out even though he was sort of required to be there because he was actually a clinton supporter. everyone s alarm bells except the people working for the campaign. rosalynn and clint watts, thank you both. we ve got more ahead. congressman adam schiff will be here. plus scott pruitt faces democrats in the senate and thing 1, thing 2 next.
incriminate hillary as promised. whether they got direct help from russia remains an open question. it s the subject of the special counsel s investigation. what s clear from the transcripts released today is that senior trump officials in that meet were extremely eager to obtain dirt on their opponent from someone billed to them as a representative of the russian government. so much so they apparently got angry when she didn t deliver to their satisfaction. the transcripts also show that lawyers for the trump organization, the president s as private business, scrambled to get participants stories straight before news of the meeting first broke last silver and that the president himself was involved in efforts to the cover up the meeting s original purpose. don junior confirming reports his father helped with the initial misleading statement describing the meeting as being about adoption. i m joined by rosalynn helderman reporter for the washington post and msnbc contribute ker clint
purpose. don junior confirming reports his father helped with the initial misleading statement describing the meeting as being about adoption. i m joined by rosalynn helderman reporter for the washington post and msnbc contribute ker clint watts, author of the book messing with the enemy out later this month. let me start with you as someone who worked at the fbi and worked in counter intelligence about this moment here about this meeting. what seems hard confirmed here is, this was floated and they took the bait. we don t know what happened in the meeting. what s your take away from what that meant? collusioning whether failed attempted or successful is all collusion. it s the take away from it. they took the meeting under the auspices they were going to get dirt. they seemed to be when they didn t get what they wan and didn t realize they were being offered this is a quid pro quo.
meeting but you may be trying to figure out. trump junior seems the one person will go for just about any opportunity that comes up. rosalynn, goldstone and others seemed freaked out. they seem that s one thing that comes across is, maybe they didn t know what they were doing or what they were enmeshed in but there s panic in some of those e-mails. we hear from goldstone he warned the russians, warned the aglavrovs he thought this was a bad idea. when it goes south, he reminds them repeatedly he had told them this was a bad idea. this seemed to be some understanding. the aglab rove s own employee said when he got wind there might be dirt about hillary clinton involved he thought about backing out even though he was sort of required to be there because he was actually a clinton supporter. everyone s alarm bells except the people working for the campaign. rosalynn and clint watts, thank you both. we ve got more ahead. congressman adam schiff will be