Transcripts released Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee say that Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS, had dinner with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya both the day before and the day after she met with Donald Trump, Jr. at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016.
In written responses to questions from the committee, she disputed a news report saying she met with Simpson before and after the Trump Tower meeting.
Finally, in his interview with the committee, Donald Trump, Jr. said he had never heard of Fusion GPS or Glenn Simpson when he met with Veselnitskaya and other people with Fusion GPS connections at Trump Tower.
Aside from business dealings with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Glenn Simpson was asked if he met with her in person "On other occasions besides court hearings."
"Last week Fox News38, referring to a confidential source, reported that I met with Glenn Simpson before and after the meeting with Trump's son, and that 'hours before the Trump Tower meeting on June 9, 2016, Fusion co-founder and ex-Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson was with Veselnitskaya in a Manhattan federal courtroom, in a hearing on the DOJ's claim against Prevezon Holdings'".
"Were you aware that Mr. Akhmetshin had a long relationship with Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS?" the attorney asked Trump Jr. "I had never heard of Glenn Simpson or Fusion GPS. I was not aware of it," Trump Jr. said.
"Were you aware that Mr. Simpson from Fusion GPS had dined with Ms. Veselnitskaya the night before your meeting, had met with her the day of, and dined with her again the night after your meeting?" the lawyer asked.
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In written responses to questions from the committee, she disputed a news report saying she met with Simpson before and after the Trump Tower meeting.
Finally, in his interview with the committee, Donald Trump, Jr. said he had never heard of Fusion GPS or Glenn Simpson when he met with Veselnitskaya and other people with Fusion GPS connections at Trump Tower.
Aside from business dealings with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Glenn Simpson was asked if he met with her in person "On other occasions besides court hearings."
"Last week Fox News38, referring to a confidential source, reported that I met with Glenn Simpson before and after the meeting with Trump's son, and that 'hours before the Trump Tower meeting on June 9, 2016, Fusion co-founder and ex-Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson was with Veselnitskaya in a Manhattan federal courtroom, in a hearing on the DOJ's claim against Prevezon Holdings'".
"Were you aware that Mr. Akhmetshin had a long relationship with Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS?" the attorney asked Trump Jr. "I had never heard of Glenn Simpson or Fusion GPS. I was not aware of it," Trump Jr. said.
"Were you aware that Mr. Simpson from Fusion GPS had dined with Ms. Veselnitskaya the night before your meeting, had met with her the day of, and dined with her again the night after your meeting?" the lawyer asked.
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