Trump Admits the Trump Tower Meeting Was About Getting Dirt on Clinton
Trump publicly confirmed that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting was aimed at getting damaging information on Hillary Clinton, undercutting the earlier story that the meeting was mostly about Russian adoptions. The admission revived questions about the campaign’s honesty, the drafting of the follow-up statement, and how much the president knew when his circle was trying to explain away the encounter.
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Trump Admits the Trump Tower Meeting Was About Getting Dirt on Clinton
Trump publicly confirmed that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting was aimed at getting damaging information on Hillary Clinton, undercutting the earlier story that the meeting was mostly about Russian adoptions. The admission revived questions about the campaign’s honesty, the drafting of the follow-up statement, and how much the president knew when his circle was trying to explain away the encounter.
Trump publicly confirmed that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting was aimed at getting damaging information on Hillary Clinton, undercutting the earlier story that the meeting was mostly about Russian adoptions. The admission revived questions about the campaign’s honesty, the drafting of the follow-up statement, and how much the president knew when his circle was trying to explain away the encounter.
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