If there is an Exhibit A in the case that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to fix the presidential election, it is the June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower between three top campaign officials - Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner - and a group of Russians who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Read in light of the accusations leveled against President Trump and his campaign after the election, the email almost screams: WE WANT TO COLLUDE WITH YOU. But did it really? Newly released testimony from several participants in the Trump Tower meeting suggests the answer could well be no.
In the email, Goldstone told Trump Jr. that a powerful Russian had "Offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father."
Investigators asked Goldstone why he told Trump Jr. that the Russian government supported Trump.
Shortly after the Trump Tower meeting was first reported in the media, Goldstone and Emin Agalarov exchanged emails on how best to address the story.
Goldstone sent Agalarov a draft statement saying that in the email he used "The strongest hyperbolic language" to convince Trump Jr. to take the meeting.
In the end, unless some startling new evidence appears, the notorious Trump Tower meeting seems more like a clumsy attempt at lobbying than a conspiracy to interfere with a presidential election.
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2018/05/23/is-the-trump-tower-meeting-really-proof-of-collusion-n2483260
Read in light of the accusations leveled against President Trump and his campaign after the election, the email almost screams: WE WANT TO COLLUDE WITH YOU. But did it really? Newly released testimony from several participants in the Trump Tower meeting suggests the answer could well be no.
In the email, Goldstone told Trump Jr. that a powerful Russian had "Offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father."
Investigators asked Goldstone why he told Trump Jr. that the Russian government supported Trump.
Shortly after the Trump Tower meeting was first reported in the media, Goldstone and Emin Agalarov exchanged emails on how best to address the story.
Goldstone sent Agalarov a draft statement saying that in the email he used "The strongest hyperbolic language" to convince Trump Jr. to take the meeting.
In the end, unless some startling new evidence appears, the notorious Trump Tower meeting seems more like a clumsy attempt at lobbying than a conspiracy to interfere with a presidential election.
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2018/05/23/is-the-trump-tower-meeting-really-proof-of-collusion-n2483260
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