PR specialist says set up meeting between
Trump's son, Russian lawyer at a client's request
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[July 11, 2017]
(Reuters) -
The public relations specialist who arranged a
meeting last year between President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump
Jr., and a Russian attorney said on Monday he did so at the request of
singer-songwriter-businessman Emin Agalarov, a Moscow-based client of
his. |
Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January
18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo |
Public relations specialist Rob Goldstone said in a statement
that Agalarov asked him to help facilitate a meeting between
Trump's son and Russian lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya, who he
said had apparently claimed to have information regarding
illegal campaign contributions to the Democratic National
Committee.
Goldstone said Veselnitskaya opened the meeting with the younger
Trump with a few remarks on campaign funding before switching to
the issue of a ban on U.S. adoption of Russian children, at
which point Trump halted the meeting. "Nothing came of that
meeting and there was no follow up between the parties,"
Goldstone said.
(Reporting by Ned Parker; Writing by David Alexander; Editing by
Tim Ahmann)
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