In his written answers to questions from Robert Mueller, President Donald Trump said he was in the dark about two matters that have grabbed the attention of the special counsel.
Trump said he was not told in advance about a now-infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting that his son Donald Jr. convened with a group that included a Kremlin-connected lawyer.
And he claimed political trickster Roger Stone never tipped him off about the WikiLeaks organization's plan to release thousands of hacked emails belonging to Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
President Trump told Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office that he was not told in advance about a now-infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting that his son Donald Jr. convened with a group that included a Kremlin-connected lawyer
Roger Stone, a former Trump confidant, is under fire for a tweet he sent in 2016, which later appeared to be a signal that he knew WikiLeaks was about to publish emails stolen from John Podesta; Trump also told Mueller that Stone didn't tip him off about it
CNN reported that the president made clear in his written answers that he was responding to the best of his recollection. The network's sources didn't quote his exact words.
The Trump Tower meeting included Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya in addition to then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Stone is under fire despite his insistence that he didn't have advance knowledge of the WikiLeaks email dump, and told CNN recently that he never spoke with Trump about it.
Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya attended a 2016 meeting in Trump Tower that the president's son Don Jr. convened with the hope of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton; Veselnitskaya's Kremlin ties were exposed later
'I never discussed any of this with Donald Trump. It's one of the questions that Mr. Mueller wants the President to answer – one of the written questions. I'm highly confident that his answer will be that he knew nothing about it. We just never discussed it, he said.
Mueller is thought to be near the end of his expansive probe, launched to investigate whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russians to affect the presidential election.
But his team is also reportedly looking at actions the president took after his inauguration, including the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey.
It was Comey's sacking that led to Mueller's appointment, which was seen in part as a signal that the Justice Department thought Trump had obstructed justice by freezing Comey out of looking into his campaign operation.
Rudy Giuliani, Trump's lawyer, said last week that the president would refuse to answer any questions Mueller might ask about a nobstruction claim, but would answer truthfully about his campaign.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said Trump would not address questions from Mueller (right) about obstruction of justice, but would engage on campaign-related matters
Trump has repeatedly called the Mueller probe a 'witch hunt' and insisted that there was 'no collusion' with Moscow during his run for the White House.
He has long denied knowing about the Trump Tower meeting.
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered in the election by undermining Clinton, and preferred to see Trump win.
Mueller has already has brought charges against some former Trump aides, including Manafort and former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn and a low-level foreign policy adviser.
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Main photo article In his written answers to questions from Robert Mueller, President Donald Trump said he was in the dark about two matters that have grabbed the attention of the special counsel.
Trump said he was not told in advance about a now-infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting that his son Donald Jr. convened...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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