Donald Trump Jr !

[EDDIE51]

I was rereading this question
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1558649.html
Looks like the first direct link between Trump's election campaine and Russia is about to surface?
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/trump-jr-russia-lawyer-emails/index.html

[-Talbot-]

Yeah ok.

[Old_Geezer]

Unbelievable act by jr.
I guess DT will suggest he rejected all offers.

[ichkeria]

I loved his reference to Russia's 'crown prosecutor' (!)
Finger on the pulse ... er,

[jim360]

It looks bad but perhaps Trump will be able to brush this one up. But just to be clear: Trump Jr. has released emails himself, in which he openly suggested that he "loved" the idea that there was incriminating information to be made available to Trump about Clinton, and that he and Kushner went to a meeting set up with that in mind.

Doesn't matter if the meeting turned out to be a dud. He clearly was interested enough to go along on the off-chance. Even if it were a Sting Operation only it looks bad. Really, really bad.

[EDDIE51]

^ My thoughts exactly Jim, won't go down too well with AB's Trump lovers though !
Impeachment is getting closer !!

[EDDIE51]

More of the same from the BBC this time!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40574564

[jno]

I can imagine what ABers would be saying if they found Corbyn was hand in glove with Moscow like this. Doubtless they'll be saying exactly the same about the Trumps ... maybe ...

[scooping]

And it has has taken all this time for junior to cough. Beginning of the end perhaps.

[EDDIE51]

Scooping, reading the link tells us that jr only 'Coughed' because he knew 'The Times' UK was about to publish details and he was hoping to lessen the impact by getting in first!

[DTCwordfan]

Bloody reds under the beds. Bring back McCarthy.....

[anneasquith]

So this is not FAKE news ?

[jno]

well, let's see what Pravda has to say about it, anne.

[Khandro]

More imaginary storms in imaginary teacups;

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267240/trump-jr-dared-talk-russian-woman-matthew-vadum

[cassa333]

I suspect Trump Snr and Jnr have had dealings with Russia and probably the Russian administration for years.

He just shouted down all arguments saying his favourite line of FAKE NEWS so loudly a lot of people believed him.

Trump the younger won't come out of this smelling of roses by any stretch of the imagination. I recon he will eventually (possibly within a week or two) fall on his sword for the sake of daddy dearest. As will Kushner. Mind you how that will affect Ivanka is anybodies guess.

But that's nepotism for you. Not that I'm interested enough to make a great effort to find out but I wonder if other administrations have had so many close family members in their inner circle.

Trump Snr will struggle on for longer but people will be more sceptical. The establishment will be looking and pouncing on any and every transgression.

[jim360]

On Fox News Trump Jr just described the meeting as "20 minutes of nothing, which is a shame."

Berk.

[EDDIE51]

Trump Jr went to a prearranged meeting with a Russian Lawyer in the expectation of being given illegally obtained & damaging information on the opponent in his Father's presidential campaign.
IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL if the meeting came to nothing, it is the UNDISPUTED FACT that it happened that has done the damage!

[Gromit]

Junior has a meeting where he is being promised dirt on Hillary, but Trump says he didn't know about it.

It would be an extraordinary campaign where Junior could disappear for a morning, and his disappearance be unaccounted for.

[Peter Pedant]

well the great fella ( DT senr) was moved to return to Amerikee and miss out on Macron's simple fare of - blue lobster and caviar

the whack job called the president prefers a macdonalds apparently

and will go back later this week ( hope the lobster is still warm !)

[EDDIE51]

It does not even matter if Trump senior really did not know about it.
(VERY unlikely)
Trump Jr was his campaine manager and did what he did on behalf of his Dad!
If Trump had used a professional campaine manager instead of giving the job to his son, that manager would have had enough sense to avoid a Russian solicitor like the plague!
Now Trump is done it again, by letting his daughter sit in for him at the G20 summit. He obviously still not learnt that he is running the USA and not his family business.

[Bazile]

Yet up untill yesterday there was denial of any
such contact with the Russians