Have you ever wondered what it would have looked like if President Nixon had a Twitter account during the Watergate scandal ? Wonder no longer .
In an travail to get ahead of aNew York Timesstory that prove he look for incriminating information on Hillary Clinton from a Russian government - affiliated attorney , Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out his emails with Rob Goldstone , an intermediary who bring in the Trump campaign to a Russian lawyer who enjoin she had turd on Hillary Clinton .
Here ’s my statement and the full electronic mail chainpic.twitter.com/x050r5n5LQ
— Donald Trump Jr. ( @DonaldJTrumpJr)July 11 , 2017
The most damning email admit a section that describes data obtained by “ the Crown public prosecutor of Russia ” and explicitly state that the information was “ to provide the Trump political campaign with some prescribed documents and information that would impeach Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your forefather . ”
That same email from Goldstone said that , “ This is obviously very mellow level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government ’s backing for Mr. Trump . ”
In the June 2016 exchange , Donald Trump Jr. replies to news of possible info on Clinton with,“If it ’s what you say I sleep together it especially later in the summertime . ” This would refer to something akin to an October Surprise , the name for unexpected plot - changing information late in a presidential safari .
The Trump authorities acknowledge that the meeting between Trump Jr. , Paul Manafort , and Jared Kushner happened with the Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya . But they primitively enunciate that the group meeting was just about “ borrowing ” before revise their narrative twice . manifestly it ’s hard to make that case now .
Here is Sir Frederick Handley Page 4 ( which did not place due to space constraints).pic.twitter.com / z1Xi4nr2gq
Veselnitskaya went on NBC News this morning and denied that she had any connexion to the Kremlin but said that they really wanted any information from Russia that could be prejudicial to Hillary Clinton .
“ It is quite possible that maybe they were long for such information , ” she told NBC in an interview broadcastthis dawn . “ They want it so bad that they could only hear the thought that they wanted . ”
astonishingly , Trump published the emails before the New York Times could , agree to CNN’sBrian Stelter .
Confirmed from an NYT root : " We were preparing to publish " fib — Don Jr. refugee camp " asked for more time " to notice " and then pre - empted us "
— Brian Stelter ( @brianstelter)July 11 , 2017
It ’s only go to get weirder from here . The only question is whether any price will be ante up , given the fact that the Department of Justice is completely under President Trump ’s control at the moment . Trump fired FBI Director James Comey back in early May , setting off a constitutional crisis that candidly America has n’t yet decide .
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Update , 12:05pm : In retrospect , Donald Trump Jr ’s claim fromJuly 2016don’t really support up .
monitor : Don Jr. July 24 , 2016 . On the Clinton campaign ’s claims that the Russians were helping Trump : " It ’s disgusting . It ’s so phony . “pic.twitter.com / GClcK7GDPp
— Kyle Griffin ( @kylegriffin1)July 11 , 2017
Update , 12:47pm : Vice President Mike Pence has released a statement say that he did n’t bang about Donald Trump Jr. ’s merging . But perhaps most tellingly he ’d really care to remind you that he was n’t part of thecampaign yet .
assertion from @VPPressSec on Donald Trump Jr meeting and@VP ’s knowledgepic.twitter.com/iYiyoWfHRx
— Kasie Hunt ( @kasie)July 11 , 2017
Trump announced that Pence would be joining his campaign onJuly 15 , 2016 .
I am pleased to announce that I have prefer Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running fellow . News conference tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.
— Donald J. Trump ( @realDonaldTrump)July 15 , 2016
Update , 1:27pm : The Democratic National Committee send Gizmodo a statement about Donald Trump Jr. ’s tweets .
“ Let ’s be clear : Donald Trump Jr. was tell in expressed term that the Russian government wanted to help his father make headway the election , and he knew the information was coming from a family with close ties to Vladimir Putin , ” said DNC Deputy Communications Director Adrienne Watson . “ Instead of report this to the FBI , the President ’s son said ‘ I have sex it ’ and invited the Trump campaign ’s most older adjutant to take part . ”
“ This investigation is far from over , but there is no longer any question that the Trump campaign welcomed the opportunity to conspire with Russia in last year ’s election . ”
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