Washington – A lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. says a New York Times story about his client’s meeting with a Russian lawyer last year is “much ado about nothing.”
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The Times reported Monday night that the man who set up a meeting for a Russian lawyer to give Trump Jr. potentially damaging material about Hillary Clinton indicated in an email to the candidate’s son that the Russian government was the source of the information.
In a statement to The Associated Press, attorney Alan Furtefas says music publicist Rob Goldstone contacted Trump Jr. last spring and “suggested that people had information concerning alleged wrongdoing” by Clinton.
Furtefas says nothing came of the meeting and Trump’s father knew nothing about it.
The White House referred questions to the president’s son.
Mark Corallo, a spokesman for President Donald Trump’s outside legal team, would not comment on the Times story, reiterating only that the president “was not aware of and did not attend the meeting.”
Well that settles it I guess. Trump’s lawyer said Trump is innocent. May I please stick my head back in the sand now, Mr. Trump?
Nothing to argue about. The central item is an exchange of emails. Since emails never go away, we can clear this up with a quick subpoena .