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Research. they may have had something contradictory to all the stories you been hearing about. so i wanted to hear it all. it went nowhere and it was apparent that was the meeting was actually about. >> the contact that he met with wanted to talk with an american law that led adoptions of russian children. >> there were some puffery to the email. in the end there was some bait and switch about what it was going to be about. theres nothing there. >> donald trump jr. said he never told his father ...

I mean, veselnitskaya first of all says she has no compromising information that she could offer about hillary clinton to the trump campaign. despite those e-mails showing that donald trump jr. at least was very keen to receive that kind of sensitive information from her. what this lawyer says that she had this meeting to lobby for the lifting of the u.s. legislation designed to punish suspected russian human rights abusers and corrupt officials. shes also lobbying against the ban on adoptions b...

We are a tremendously powerful nuclear power and so are they. it doesnt make sense not to have some kind of relationship. >> in an appearance with sean hannity last night, donald trump, jr. acknowledged he took the meeting with russian attorney natalia veselnitskaya because she may have had useful information about hillary clinton and possible ties to russia. >> ive been reading about scandals the people were probably under reporting for a long time so maybe it was something that had to do with ...

Is it that straight forward that he keeps changing his story? >> yeah, and weve tried to be as transparent each day about what it was that the, that donald trump jr. camp was saying. saturday evening when we did our first story and we approached them about this meeting, the answer is that it was a meeting primarily centered around the issue of russian adoptions, which is a big issue for the kremlin, having to do the ban on adoption and response to the magnitsky act, so it is something that this ...

Best, its naivete. at worst, its something along the lines of an element of a conspiracy. i mean, there are more questions being asked than answered here about this latest revelation. i mean, what else was said at the meeting? how many meetings were there? i mean, they denied existence of any of these things until recently. now theyre acknowledging it. what else arent they telling us? and why were there other campaign officials there, like manafort and kushner? i mean, theyre clearly not having ...

Browder pushed congress to write the magnitsky act. veselnitskaya is the top lobbyist on the case. >> apparently an unlimited budget from her russian paymasters to do whatever she deems necessary in terms of attacking the magnitsky act. >> vladimir putin apparently so mad about the sanctions he froze u.s. adoptions of russian children in retaliation. the kremlin denies veselnitskaya was an agent of the russian government but browder believes she was sent to offer a good protocol to the trump tea...

Saturday evening when we did our first story and we approached them about this meeting, the answer is that it was a meeting primarily centered around the issue of russian adoptions, which is a big issue for the kremlin, having to do the ban on adoption and response to the magnitsky act, so it is something that this lawyer was pushing allegedly, which is in line with what the kremlin wanted. now, the next day we approached them about -- that the meeting actually had a different agenda, which was ...

Statement to give to the "new york times" explaining why he met last summer with a lawyer in the russian government. they debated how transparent to be in the statement according to people familiar with the russians. ultimately the president signed off on a statement from donald trump jr. for the "times i " "times"incomplete that it required follow-up statements day after day. >> really it was a lie. that statement was a lie. it had to do with adoptions. they had to retract it immediately. it go...

But, look, i think that you can never know for sure, because of the way that the unorthodox manner the trump administration runs. but that would be my conclusion, i would think, as an observer. >> you made a fascinating point id love for you to expand on. the only source through which we have been told that nothing came of this meeting, lets put the intent aside, despite the critical importance of the intent. the only person we know that from is from donald trump jr.s statement. nothing else tel...

Of the meeting, thats different from the meetings weve seen between kushner and the russian foreign minister. thats different. >> and jill, it is according to the reporting by "the new york times," what the pitch to get the meeting was, although donald trump, jr. said no, it was about adoption. now it seems based on his comments and "the new york times" reporting, the initial pitch was dirt on hillary clinton. that gets you in the door. and then she changed the topic to sanctions and through the...