finally, a word on the revelation that President Trump's son, his son-in-law, and his campaign manager met with a lawyer with ties to the Kremlin with the pretext of discussing information that would be damaging to Secretary Clinton's campaign. This revelation should be the end of the idea pushed by the administration and the President that there is absolutely no evidence of an intent by the Trump campaign to coordinate or collude. It is certainly not proof positive--we don't know what was said in the meeting--but these reports in the press at least demand further investigation. It defies credulity that the President's campaign manager, his son, and his son-in-law, at the height of a very, very heated campaign-- three people very close to the President and at the helm of that campaign--were all going to a meeting with a Russian lawyer to discuss Russian adoption. Indeed, Donald Trump, Jr., has now admitted--after he first said the purpose of the meeting was adoption--that he agreed to meet to get potentially damaging information about Hillary Clinton. The Senate Intelligence Committee has already indicated that it will look into the possibility of coordination or collusion as part of their broader investigation. This meeting and the background behind it should be included in future document requests and additional lines of inquiry.…
On the recordJuly 10, 2017
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