The meeting was set up over a series of emails between Donald Trump Jr. and Rob Goldstone, a music producer and publicist. Mr. Goldstone offered potentially damaging information about Hillary Clinton that he said was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”Donald Trump Jr. responded within minutes. Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged that he was told that Ms. Veselnitskaya “might have information helpful to the campaign,” but said in the end she offered nothing meaningful. The New York Times reports the existence of the meeting and the presence of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and Mrs. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer. Mr. Akhmetshin, the Russian-American lobbyist, confirms that he attended the meeting, and he identifies the translator in attendance as Anatoli Samochornov.

Source: New York Times July 19, 2017 02:12 UTC