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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 12 July 2017
Emails show Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin

Trump Jr. was told the Rus- denials obviously now have
sian government had infor- to be viewed in a different
mation that could “incrimi- context.”
nate” Clinton and her deal- Yet Republicans — who
ings with Russia. stand the most to lose po-
“I love it,” Trump Jr. said in litically from Trump’s Rus-
one email response. sia ordeal — did not join in
As the emails reverber- the condemnation. Senate
ated across the political Majority Leader Mitch Mc-
world, Trump Jr. defended Connell said he was confi-
his actions in an interview dent Senate investigators
with Fox News, blaming the would “get to the bottom
decision to take the meet- of whatever happened.”
ing on the “million miles And Sen. Susan Collins, a
per hour” pace of a presi- Maine Republican on the
dential campaign and his intelligence committee,
suspicion that the lawyer cautioned that the emails
might have information were “only part of the pic-
about “underreported” ture.”
scandals involving Clinton. Trump Jr., who was deep-
Trump Jr. said the meeting ly involved in his father’s
“really went nowhere” and presidential campaign,
that he never told his father portrayed his decision to
Donald Trump Jr., left, is interviewed by host Sean Hannity on his Fox News Channel about it because there was release the emails as an
television program, in New York Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Donald Trump Jr. eagerly “nothing to tell.” effort “to be totally trans-
accepted help from what was described to him as a Russian government effort to aid “In retrospect I probably parent.” In fact, they had
his father’s campaign with damaging information about Hillary Clinton, according to would have done things a already been obtained by
emails he released publicly on Tuesday. little differently,” Trump Jr. The New York Times.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew) said. Hours after the son posted
By CHAD DAY sian government, disclos- Jr. showed him conversing Democrats in Congress the emails, the father rose
ERIC TUCKER ing a series of emails that with a music publicist who voiced outrage and insist- to his defense.
Associated Press marked the clearest sign wanted him to meet with a ed the messages showed “My son is a high quality
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don- to date that Trump’s cam- “Russian government attor- clear collusion, with Cali- person and I applaud his
ald Trump’s eldest son re- paign was willing to con- ney” who supposedly had fornia Rep. Adam Schiff, transparency,” the presi-
vealed Tuesday that he sider election help from a dirt on Clinton as “part of the top Democrat on the dent said in a statement
was eager to hear dam- longtime U.S. adversary. Russia and its government’s House intelligence commit- read to reporters by White
aging information about The email exchange posted support for Mr. Trump.” tee, declaring that “all of House spokeswoman Sarah
Hillary Clinton from the Rus- to Twitter by Donald Trump The messages reveal that the campaign’s previous Huckabee Sanders. q

US-Russia talks will resume as

Moscow threatens retaliation

By JOSH LEDERMAN — including a pair of shut-
RAF CASERT tered Russian compounds
Associated Press in the U.S. that the Kremlin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wants back.
United States and Russia Russia abruptly canceled
are resurrecting high-level the last scheduled meet-
talks aimed at resolving ing between Shannon
major irritants between the and Ryabkov in response
two world powers, the U.S. to new Ukraine-related
said Tuesday, as Russia’s sanctions the Trump ad-
top diplomat threatened ministration announced
retaliation against the U.S. last month, in another sign
if one of the key issues isn’t of the deteriorating rela-
quickly settled. tionship between the for-
With relations at what the mer Cold War foes.
U.S. calls a “low point,” But State Department
earlier this year the two spokeswoman Heather
countries set up an on- Nauert said Tuesday that
going dialogue between the talks are back on
Undersecretary of State track.
Tom Shannon and Russian “Shannon has been hard
Deputy Foreign Minister at work as we have been
Sergei Ryabkov. trying to find areas that we
The goal was to pave could deal with some of
the way for future coop- these so-called irritants,”
eration on Syria and other Nauert said.
global issues by first build- “And that meeting is set to
ing trust through discus- happen here in Washing-
sions about smaller issues ton on Monday.”q