Rancor at White House as Russia Story Refuses to Let the Page Turn
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON If President Trump emerged from his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last week hoping he had begun to move forward from the controversy over the Kremlins election meddling, as advisers put it, his flight home the next day made clear just how overly optimistic that was.
As Air Force One jetted back from Europe on Saturday, a small cadre of Mr. Trumps advisers huddled in a cabin helping to craft a statement for the presidents eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to give to The New York Times explaining why he met last summer with a lawyer connected to the Russian government. Participants on the plane and back in the United States debated about how transparent to be in the statement, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Ultimately, the people said, the president signed off on a statement from Donald Trump Jr. for The Times that was so incomplete that it required day after day of follow-up statements, each more revealing than the last. It culminated on Tuesday with a release of emails making clear that Mr. Trumps son believed the Russian lawyer was seeking to meet with him to provide incriminating information about Hillary Clinton as part of Russia and its governments support for Mr. Trump.
The Russia story has become the brier patch from which the president seemingly cannot escape. It dominated his trip to Europe last week and, after he leaves on Wednesday night for a couple of days in France, it may dominate that trip as well. Every time Mr. Trump tries to put the furor behind him, more disclosures thrust it back onto the Washington agenda.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/russia-trump.html
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)has me questioning...did the Russian deliver "incriminating information about Hillary Clinton" - could they have delivered what we now know Comey used when investigating Hillary's emails? - False information as we now know? -
Didn't Eric or don trump's wife say at one point late in the election "there is something coming" - I could be wrong.. then comey sends letter to chaffetz? - chaffetz released letter - comey didn't expect that??
Oh well - will we ever know..
Skittles
(153,138 posts)hoo boy did Putin ever win the big prize
winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)Vlad's stealth war again western democracies has been a raging success. Now, what will happen when he figures he has all he is going to get from that strategy. This is WWIII, we may not wish to admit it, but we need to understand that Putin is in it to win it.
babylonsister
(171,042 posts)All-In
(312 posts)...
Sorry.
Dogs are cool.
Putin's buddies, not so much.