The foundation had just two registered lobbyists, one of whom, Rinat Akhmetshin, had worked for. officials on behalf of the foundation before. He told me specifically he was not working for the Russian government, and in fact laughed when I asked him that question,' said Futerfas. Veselnitskaya had been accused of lobbying U.S. It also quoted Trump Jr.'s lawyer, Alan Futerfas, as saying Trump Jr., who now runs the family real estate business, did not know anything about the man's background at the time of the meeting. NBC News said the lobbyist 'denies any current ties to Russian spy agencies.' The meeting was also attended by Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and son-in-law Jared Kushner, underscoring how important the campaign thought the meeting could be. The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 US presidential election counted Russias FSB security service among. Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and Paul Manafort, former. Nevertheless, emails showing he accepted the meeting on that premise and said he would 'love' to get dirt on Clinton stoked allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russian attempts to influence the election in Donald Trump's favor. He accompanied the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower attended by Donald Trump Jr. In the June 9 meeting, Trump Jr has said, Veselnitskaya did not produce damaging information on Clinton after all and instead focused on a sanctions issue that involves a Russian company she represented.

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