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in both the United States and Russia.[1] Grand Jury [2] According to Akhmetshin, Trump Jr. asked follow-up questions about how the alleged payments could be tied specifically to the Clinton Campaign, but Veselnitskaya indicated that she could not trace the money once it entered the United States.[3] Kaveladze similarly recalled that Trump Jr. asked what they have on Clinton, and Kushner became aggravated and asked "[w]hat are we doing here?"[4]
Akhmetshin then spoke about U.S. sanctions imposed under the Magnitsky Act and Russia's response prohibiting U.S. adoption of Russian children.[5] Several participants recalled that Trump Jr. commented that Trump is a private citizen, and there was nothing they could do at that time.[6] Trump Jr. also said that they could revisit the issue if and when they were in government.[7] Notes that Manafort took on his phone reflect the general flow of the conversation, although not all of its details.[8]
At some point in the meeting, Kushner sent an iMessage to Manafort stating "waste of time," followed immediately by two separate emails to assistants at Kushner Companies with requests that
- ↑ Grand Jury
- ↑ Grand Jury
- ↑ Grand Jury Akhmetshin 11/14/17 302, at 12.
- ↑ Kaveladze 11/16/17 302, at 8; Grand Jury
- ↑ Samochornov 7/13/17 302, at 3; Grand Jury
- ↑ E.g., Akhmetshin 11/14/17 302, at 12-13; Grand Jury
- ↑ Akhmetshin 11/14/17 302, at 12-13; Grand Jury Samochornov 7/13/17 302, at 3. Trump Jr. confirmed this in a statement he made in July 2017 after news of the June 2016 meeting broke. Interview of: Donald J. Trump, Jr., Senate Judiciary Committee U.S. Senate Washington DC, 115th Cong. 57 (Sept. 7, 2017).
- ↑ Manafort's notes state:
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Offshore - Cyprus
133m shares
Companies
Not invest - loan
Value in Cyprus as inter
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Active sponsors of RNC
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Russian adoption by American familiesPJM-SJC-00000001-02 (Notes Produced to Senate Judiciary Committee).
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