The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Russian who met Trump son contradicts emails
Lawyer says she had no compromising information on Hillary Clinton
A Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr during last year’s election campaign said she had no compromising information on Hillary Clinton to offer – in contrast to what an email exchange released by the US President’s eldest son suggests.
Natalia Veselnitskaya said it was “not true” that she had compromising information on the Democrat candidate. She added: “I never had compromising information and could not have had.”
She insisted she “offered to meet with Trump Jr” in a “private setting not connected to the fact that he is the son of the presidential candidate”.
She claimed she is not sure Mr Trump had won the Republican nomination to run for the White House at that time.
Earlier, Mr Trump said his son is “a high-quality person” and applauded “his transparency”.
Mr Trump Jr posted his emails with publicist Rob Goldstone on Twitter yesterday.
They show he was told the Russian government had information that could “incriminate” Mrs Clinton and her dealings with Russia.
Mr Trump Jr accepted help from what was described to him as a Russian government effort to aid his father’s campaign, according to the emails.
The email exchange represents the clearest sign to date that members of the President’s inner circle were willing to meet during the campaign with Russians who wanted Mr Trump to prevail.