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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonnie Jr. is just a gift that keeps on giving, isn't he?
The strategy, the advisers agreed, should be for Donald Trump Jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story. They wanted to be truthful, so their account couldnt be repudiated later if the full details emerged.
But within hours, at the presidents direction, the plan changed.
Flying home from Germany on July 8 aboard Air Force One, Trump personally dictated a statement in which Trump Jr. said that he and the Russian lawyer had primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children when they met in June 2016, according to multiple people with knowledge of the deliberations. The statement, issued to the New York Times as it prepared an article, emphasized that the subject of the meeting was not a campaign issue at the time.
The extent of the presidents personal intervention in his sons response, the details of which have not previously been reported, adds to a series of actions that Trump has taken that some advisers fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-dictated-sons-misleading-statement-on-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/31/04c94f96-73ae-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.0b7db71af7d7
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Donnie Jr. is just a gift that keeps on giving, isn't he? (Original Post)
underpants
Aug 2017
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Brother Buzz
(36,498 posts)1. Adoption is code for Russian sanctions - William Browder
Many won't invest the time to read or view Browder's testimony, so here's a short succinct "Readers Digest' version
underpants
(183,007 posts)3. Thanks I've been meaning to read that.
Brother Buzz
(36,498 posts)4. This whole Russia/Trump thing is a jigsaw puzzle
Bill Browder, bless his heart, completed the border and sorted all the remaining pieces by color so even Joe Six-Pack can finish the puzzle.
rock
(13,218 posts)2. Sweet!
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)5. Too many Fredos... not enough Michaels
Or no Michaels at all, as far as I can tell.
Gothmog
(145,839 posts)6. Donnie Jr is just as stupid as his father