Tag: meeting with Russians

Roger Stone’s and Michael Caputo’s damningly false denials of contact with Russians

The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website June 18, 2018:

If Roger Stone and Michael Caputo told investigators what they said publicly, they could have real problems.

The Washington Post’s Manuel Roig-Franzia and Rosalind S. Helderman broke a significant story Sunday that added to the list of undisclosed meetings between Russians and President Trump’s confidants. This one involves informal Trump adviser Stone meeting in May 2016 with a Russian who — you guessed it — was offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. The meeting was arranged by Caputo, an official member of Trump’s campaign who had previously worked in Russia. Continue reading “Roger Stone’s and Michael Caputo’s damningly false denials of contact with Russians”

Trump Tower Meeting With Russian Was ‘Treasonous,’ Bannon Says

The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website January 3, 2018:

Former top Trump aide: Mueller probe focused on money laundering

Then-Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore is welcomed to the stage by Steve Bannon in an election eve rally in Fairhope, Alabama. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images file photo)

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is calling a 2016 meeting between senior Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer they believed had dirt on Hillary Clinton “treasonous.”

In an interview for a coming book by Michael Wolff, Bannon slammed Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner (President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a close campaign and White House adviser) and Paul Manafort (his campaign chairman at the time of the meeting who has been indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller). Continue reading “Trump Tower Meeting With Russian Was ‘Treasonous,’ Bannon Says”