Trump Jr. Rebuffs Questions At House Hearing

The following article from the Voice of America was posted on the National Memo website December 7, 2017:

Donald Trump Jr. refused to answer questions from lawmakers Wednesday about conversations he had with his father, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, about his controversial Trump Tower meeting with Russian operatives in June 2016.

Trump Jr. avoided reporters and entered the Capitol through a back door before facing more than eight hours of questions from the House Intelligence Committee.

The committee is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Attorney-client privilege cited

The committee’s top Democrat, California’s Adam Schiff, said the younger Trump answered most of their questions, but claimed attorney-client privilege when declining to comment about the meeting he had with the Russians. Continue reading “Trump Jr. Rebuffs Questions At House Hearing”