Sen. Chris Coons: Trump Jr. Russian Meeting Emails Are ‘Jaw-Dropping’

‘It’s clearly now fact that Donald Trump Jr. when offered an opportunity to have a meeting with a Russian attorney who represented herself as having these materials, he gleefully accepted that opportunity’

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COONS: "Absolutely. Katy-I thought this was jaw-dropping. When I was shown these tweets by Donald Trump Jr. Earlier today I was floored. First the idea that he would publicly choose to share these e-mails and then what those e-mails said. That he was offered the opportunity to have a meeting with someone to get incriminating information about President Trump's opponent, the former secretary Hillary Clinton, that in those e-mails it was made clear that this offer was on behalf of the Russian government and their alleged ongoing effort to support his father's campaign, and that he would be meeting with a Russian government lawyer. That's what the e-mail suggested. And that his response wasn't to be shocked or concerned or alarmed. His response wasn't to say I need to hand this over to the FBI. But to say that sounds great, where and when can we meet. And that he then subsequently organized a meeting with Donald Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort and his son-in-law joining Donald Trump Jr. This puts to bed the idea there was no collusion, no attempts, no efforts at connecting with the Russians. It's clearly now fact that Donald Trump Jr. when offered an opportunity to have a meeting with a Russian attorney who represented herself as having these materials, he gleefully accepted that opportunity."
 

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