The Senate Judiciary Committee released more than 2,500 pages of documents on Wednesday related to its investigation about a meeting in 2016 between top Donald Trump aides and a delegation of Russians who promised to help their campaign.
The material, which includes interview transcripts and other “exhibits,” is available here.
The transcripts and notes reaffirm accounts of the meeting that people involved have already given — that Donald Trump Jr. and his compatriots sought “dirt” offered them on Hillary Clinton and received some political intelligence tip but nothing as explosive as they’d hoped.
Statement from Donald Trump Jr on the release of the The Senate Judiciary Committee transcripts on the Trump Tower meeting: “The public can now see that for over five hours I answered every question asked and was candid and forthright with the Committee.” pic.twitter.com/Z1sQ8S7bfp
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) May 16, 2018
The June 9, 2016 meeting at Trump Tower is one of several known contacts between Trump campaign workers and people connected with the Russian government at a time when Russia was waging a campaign of active measures against the 2016 presidential campaign. – READ MORE
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