Donald Trump denies knowing in advance of 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer – National

U.S. President Donald Trump denied Friday that he was aware of a meeting between a Russian lawyer and his campaign team at the Trump Tower in 2016, during which the Russians had offered to provide information on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

. The president rejected reports that his former lawyer Michael Cohen said Trump was aware of the meeting.

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I did not know about the meeting with my son, Don jr. Looks like someone is trying to tell stories to get out of an unrelated jam (taxis, maybe?), "Trump tweeted," he even hired Bill and Billy. Crooked Hillary's lawyer Gee, I wonder if they helped him make the choice! "

Citing unnamed sources, CNN reported on Thursday that Cohen said his ex-client knew the meeting would take place – despite the badertions of the President and others that they knew nothing about it.

And it is an information that Cohen is ready to share with Robert Mueller, the special adviser looking at Russia's interference in the 2016 elections, NBC News reported, citing also an anonymous source [19659002] Covering allegations of Russian election interference on Globalnews.ca:

Cohen has declared that he and a number Other people were present when Donald Trump Jr. informed his father of the offer of the Russians – adding that the Republican candidate then approved the meeting, according to CNN.

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This would contradict Trump Jr.'s testimony before the Judiciary Committee from the Senate last year, in which he stated that his father was not aware of the meeting.

But CNN sources stated that Cohen had no evidence to support his claims, although he was prepared to stick to his remarks

– with files of Jesse Ferreras