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January 9, 2019

Documents Reveal Russian Lawyer at 2016 Trump Tower Mtg Had Ties to Kremlin
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A Russian lawyer who was present at the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower
meeting was charged by federal prosecutors with obstruction of justice
in an unrelated case. The case, however, seemingly points to evidence of
Natalia Veselnitskaya's close relationship with the Kremlin, which she
has previously denied. Court documents show Veselnitskaya was backed by
the Kremlin in her denial of money laundering accusations, raising
further questions about whether she was working for the Kremlin when she
took the Trump Tower meeting. The meeting, attended by Donald Trump Jr.,
Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and others, came after she promised
damaging information on Hillary Clinton in an attempt to help Trump win
the presidency. In October, reports emerged that Russia's government
provided a memo to Veselnitskaya ahead of the June 2016 meeting.