Trump's son is about to testify before Congress.

July 20, 2017 09:11

Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump, and a former campaign manager will testify before Congress next week.

Donald Trump Jr. (trái) và Jared Kushner. Ảnh: Reuters.

Donald Trump Jr. (left) and Jared Kushner. Photo: Reuters.

Donald Trump Jr. and Paul Manafort will testify publicly before the US Senate Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m. on July 26, AFP reported. Both men attended a meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya in 2016, hoping to obtain information damaging to Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump's opponent in the presidential race.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the committee, wrote a letter requesting that they "preserve all documents... relating to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election."

Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, also testified, albeit privately, before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 24, CNN reported, citing Kushner's lawyer. Kushner also attended the meeting with Veselnitskaya.

Trump Jr. surprised Washington by confirming the meeting. He released a series of emails in which he was informed that the Trump campaign could receive "high-level and sensitive information" and that this was "part of Russian support for Trump."

These developments placed Trump Jr. and Kushner at the center of investigations alleging that Trump's aides colluded with Russia to help him gain an advantage over Clinton.

According to VNE

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