Chaffetz: Trump Jr.’s Russian Meeting Was ‘Naive’ and ‘Ill Advised’

‘Was it illegal? That would be a real stretch’

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CHAFFETZ: "That is classic Trey Gowdy. Full disclosure, Trey is, like, one of my best friends in the world. He is like that all the time. He comes up with these things. He does make a good point though. I think this was naive in taking this meeting. I think it was ill-advised. Was it illegal? That would be a real stretch."
MacCALLUM: "Is it illegal to talk to someone from a foreign country, as Charles Krauthammer pointed out, from Russia of all places?"
CHAFFETZ: "Again, it starts to go the wrong direction. Ill-advised. One of the questions is, why is he taking advice on meetings to take from a music producer -- music publicist. I don’t understand this. Nevertheless, it does happen. If something came of it, I think it would be an issue, but I think the fact he came in —"

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