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Trump told Mueller he had no prior knowledge of 2016 Trump Tower meeting: Giuliani

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House for travel to Mississippi in Washington, U.S. November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told the special counsel investigating possible collusion between his campaign and Russia that he was not aware ahead of time of a meeting in June 2016 between campaign officials and Russians, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Wednesday.

 

Trump's response, in written answers to questions posed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, was first reported by CNN.

 

"Almost all the answers he gave are consistent with what he said publicly, and publicly he said he did not know about it," Giuliani said.

 

Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has said he agreed to the meeting after being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton, Trump's Democratic opponent in the 2016 election. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and senior campaign aide Paul Manafort also took part in the June 9, 2016, meeting.

 

A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment.

 

Trump, who has repeatedly denied any collusion between his campaign and Moscow, has said publicly he had no prior knowledge of the June 2016 meeting.

 

U.S. intelligence agencies have said Russia interfered in the election with the aim of tipping it towards Trump and away from Clinton. Russia has denied any interference.

 

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and David Gregorio)

 
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Yeah sure, Don Jr. wouldn't give his daddy, who's responsible for Junior's wealth, the heads-up about such an important and seemingly promising meeting for Daddy, esp. considering where they chose to hold the meeting and who had attended.  I am also sure that Junior wanted to let Daddy have a chance to give some input on how to handle the meeting.  

 

Imagine Daddy's shocked, and understandable, response if Junior did not so inform him of such a meeting ahead of time.

 

Doesn't make any sense.  Junior knows who's running the show in Trumpland.     

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It seems all but one Trump troll sympathizer have been awkwardly silenced. The truth is slowly and meticulously being revealed as the noose tightens around the pussy-grabber-in-chief's neck.

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12 minutes ago, quandow said:

It seems all but one Trump troll sympathizer have been awkwardly silenced. The truth is slowly and meticulously being revealed as the noose tightens around the pussy-grabber-in-chief's neck.

Good observation. Except for that "one", I see the odd reaction from a couple others now and then but nothing like weeks ago. A few months ago, a couple even sent me a PM to say I could not talk about their president that way. ROTFFL. Fortunately, they've gone into hiding.

 

 

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"To the best of his recollection..."

 

It seems strange to me that the trump cabal has arrived at a defense for this meeting, after several attempts to hide it, lie about it and cast it in terms of being about "adoptions", as it was:

 

fine, dandy, legal

a nothing burger

an attempt to get oppo research

 

 

If so, why hide it, and why wouldn't trump just say don jr. told him about it in advance?

 

Why protest so much if it was all above board?

 

 

 

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