The Non-Issue of Trump
Jr.’s Emails
Stephen Lendman sums up
the latest fake news
The Non-Issue of Trump
Jr.’s Emails
by Stephen Lendman
(stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
Anything about Russia,
Trump, his family and team consistently is overblown, misrepresented and lied
about by what he justifiably calls the “dishonest media.” Indeed!!
Trump Jr.’s meeting and
email correspondence with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya amounted to much
ado about nothing.
A nothing story
disgracefully became a cause celebre, anything to bash, denigrate and weaken
Trump for the wrong reasons, ignoring plenty of justifiable ones – done
directly or through other parties, in this case his son.
Russian lawyer
Veselnitskaya is a private citizen unconnected to the Kremlin. There was
nothing improper or illegal about Trump Jr. meeting with her. No “collusion”
occurred, no connection to Russia, no other known criminal activity of any
kind.
Trump Jr. published
emails between himself and Veselnitskaya, showing they had nothing to do with
Russia. Issues discussed related to adoption of children and related charitable
activities.
Emails between himself
and publicist/tabloid writer Rob Goldstone claimed a Russian government lawyer
had incriminating documents about Hillary, yet nothing of the sort was
discussed or transmitted.
Goldstone said he had no
knowledge of Veselnitskaya’s connection to the Kremlin. Putin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov said the Russian government knows nothing about this woman.
On June 9, 2016, Trump
Jr., presidential campaign manager at the time Paul Manafort, and Trump’s
son-in-law Jared Kushner met with her at Trump Tower in New York.
Trump Jr. said the
following:
“I was asked to have a
meeting by an acquaintance I knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant with an
individual who I was told might have information helpful to the campaign.”
“I was not told her name
prior to the meeting. I asked Jared and Paul to attend, but told them nothing
of the substance.”
Veselnitskaya said “she
had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the
Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton.”
“(H)er statements were
vague, ambiguous and made no sense. No details or supporting information was
provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful
information.”
“She then changed subjects
and began discussing the adoption of Russian children and mentioned the
Magnitsky Act.”
“It became clear to me
that this was the true agenda all along and that the claims of potentially
helpful information were a pretext for the meeting.”
Goldstone called the
meeting “the most insane nonsense I ever heard.” In a Tuesday interview on NBC
News, Veselnitskaya denied any connection to Vladimir Putin or Russia’s
government, explaining she didn’t meet with Trump Jr. to discuss Hillary or
last year’s presidential campaign.
Unprincipled claims by
undemocratic Democrats and media scoundrels about alleged Trump team
wrongdoing, including possible treason, show how low they’re willing to stoop
to damage the president for the wrong reasons.
It’s more hard evidence
of the deplorable state of America, a serial aggressor, a fantasy democracy, an
unscrupulous rogue state.
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