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Richard Blumenthal: “The principal e-mail, leading to the meeting, led Donald Trump Jr. to think he would receive incriminating evidence.”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
The principal e-mail, leading to the meeting, led Donald Trump Jr. to think he would receive incriminating evidence.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal explains the implications of the email that prompted the meeting between Trump Jr. and the Russian lawyer.

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