attempt by the white house, signed off by the president of the united states to cover up the story. and don jr. went away from the story compe completely. that was very explicit in that e-mail from goldstone to donald trump jr. this is about hillary, potential ties to russia and this is part of russia s support for mr. trump. nothing to do about adoption until later when they realized there was no information they could use against hillary clinton. well, that they re telling us and a very significant part of the lie for the investigators, mike barnicle, is the fact that don jr. also lied saying, no, manafort and kushner weren t made of a way of what this meeting was about. he forwarded the entire e-mail chain that said right off the top russia-clinton-private and
new york with the russian government attorney who is flying over from moscow. don jr. replies, great. it will likely be paul manafort, campaign boss, my brother-in-law and me. 725 5th avenue, 25th floor. that s trump tower. the next day, don jr. forwards the full e-mail chain to kushner and manafort with that same subject line, russia - clinton - private and confidential. and the day after that the meeting takes place inside trump tower. don, jr. says nothing of value came from the meeting, and that he released the e-mails today himself to quote, be totally transparent, but the new york times says he only released them after he was told the times was about to publish the e-mails. there s no evidence the russian lawyer actually provided any information on hillary clinton, and, in fact, denies doing so. also unclear whether she had anything to do with the wikileaks release of nearly 20,000 dnc e-mails that happened six weeks later.
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the e-mails come from rob goldstone, a trump acquaintance and publicist who was involved in the miss universe pageant in moscow, and who has russian clients with ties to vladimir putin. the subject line of the e-mail chain, russia - clinton - private and confidential. on june 3, 2016, goldstone tells don jr. that, quote, the crown prosecutor of russia offered to provide the trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary, and her deals with russia and would be very useful to your father. this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it is part of russia and its government s support for mr. trump. less than 20 minutes later, don jr. responds, thanks, rob. i appreciate that. if it s what you say i love it especially later in the summer. four days later on that same chain, goldstone e-mails don jr. about setting up a meeting in
and just a month after the meeting with the russian lawyer, don junior angrily dismissed suggestions the trump campaign had anything to do with russia. it s disgusting it s so phony. reporter: also entangled in all of this, donald trump s son-in-law and top adviser jared kushner, who attended the meeting with the russian lawyer after don junior forwarded him that e-mail chain with the subject line, russia - clinton - private and confidential. what do you say to democrats who say that jared kushner s security clearance should be revoked? once again, we don t discuss security clearances, but i think democrats are trying to play political games and i think it s ridiculous. reporter: is there any concern over the top adviser to the president did nothing wrong? no. reporter: the president himself has been out of the public view for days. aides describe him as angry and frustrated, but today these images emerged, the president meeting with faith leaders in the oval office l