US President's son admits wanting information about Mrs. Clinton from Russia

(Baonghean.vn)- On July 10, Mr. Donald Trump Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, admitted that he spent time meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya with ties to the Kremlin during the US presidential campaign last year, hoping to get information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

The meeting was held at the request of a singer living in Russia, whose family is linked to Mr Trump's business.

US President Donald Trump Jr.'s son. Photo: Getty

The New York Times reported that Mr. Trump Jr. was told in advance about the information being gathered from the Russian government, raising questions about possible ties between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Moscow, which are under investigation by federal and congressional investigators.

According to the Times, in an email sent by singer Rob Goldstone, Mr. Trump Jr., who served as a key campaign adviser to his father, was informed that the Moscow government was behind the information about candidate Clinton. The report is the first public account of Mr. Trump Jr. accepting the meeting in the hope that he would be provided with damaging information about his father’s political opponent that could be disseminated by the Kremlin.

President Donald Trump and his son. Photo: AP

In a statement, Trump Jr.’s lawyer Alan Futerfas called the Times report “worthless,” though he acknowledged that his client had received an email from Goldstone about a meeting with the intent of passing damaging information about Clinton. Futerfas’ statement did not contradict the Times’ reporting of the email. Futerfas added that Trump Jr. was not given the details and nothing was discussed during the meeting.

For his part, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin did not know lawyer Veselnitskaya and “could not track” all Russian lawyers who organized meetings in Russia or abroad./.

Lan Ha

(According to AP)