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Posted on: September 7, 2017 at 15:04:09 CT
Silas MU
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Trump Jr.’s interview was conducted by Judiciary Committee staffers, with senators popping in and out to listen to portions of the session. Blumenthal appeared to be the only member of the committee who was sitting through the entire interview, taking just a few short breaks for votes. The Connecticut Democrat described Trump Jr. as “cordial.”
“There are a lot of gaps that will need to be filled,” he told reporters. “My being there gives me a sense of his demeanor, his willingness to answer questions, his pauses and reluctance on some questions and eagerness on others.”
He added that there were no restrictions on what staffers could ask Trump Jr. but that his testimony was not under oath. He noted that it’s a crime to lie to Congress.
Trump Jr. has offered shifting explanations for the June 2016 meeting, brokered by the agent for a Russian pop singer whose father is a Russian oligarch with whom Trump discussed a Moscow real estate deal. Trump Jr. initially said the meeting was not campaign-related, and later that it focused on U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans.
But he was forced to update his story after the release of emails he recieved showing that Veselnitskaya claimed to have information about illegal Russian campaign contributions to the Democratic National Committee. One email said the information would be provided as part of a Russian government effort to assist his father's campaign.
“There are a lot of gaps that will need to be filled,” he told reporters. “My being there gives me a sense of his demeanor, his willingness to answer questions, his pauses and reluctance on some questions and eagerness on others.”
He added that there were no restrictions on what staffers could ask Trump Jr. but that his testimony was not under oath. He noted that it’s a crime to lie to Congress.
Trump Jr. has offered shifting explanations for the June 2016 meeting, brokered by the agent for a Russian pop singer whose father is a Russian oligarch with whom Trump discussed a Moscow real estate deal. Trump Jr. initially said the meeting was not campaign-related, and later that it focused on U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans.
But he was forced to update his story after the release of emails he recieved showing that Veselnitskaya claimed to have information about illegal Russian campaign contributions to the Democratic National Committee. One email said the information would be provided as part of a Russian government effort to assist his father's campaign.
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