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Nothing wrong with help from Russians, Trump lawyer says

By HOPE YEN involving Trump's son Don-
Associated Press ald Jr., son-in-law Jared
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- Kushner and former Trump
dent Donald Trump's law- campaign chairman Paul
yer Rudy Giuliani insisted Manafort and a lawyer
there was "nothing wrong" linked to Russia. The Trump
with the president's 2016 campaign was seeking
campaign taking informa- harmful information on
tion from the Russians, as Democratic presidential
House Democrats pledged candidate Hillary Clinton.
stepped-up investigations The Sunday news shows of-
into campaign misconduct fered the latest back and
and possible crimes of ob- forth following the long-an-
struction detailed in special ticipated release on Thurs-
counsel Robert Mueller's re- day of Mueller’s 448-page
port . redacted report on his
Giuliani called the Trump two-year investigation into
campaign's effort to get Russian interference in the
political help from repre- 2016 presidential election.
sentatives of the Russian Mueller found no evidence
government possibly ill-ad- of a conspiracy between
vised but not illegal. Russia and the Trump cam-
"There's nothing wrong with paign and made no deci-
taking information from sion on obstruction of jus- In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks in
Russians," Giuliani said Sun- tice. Portsmouth, N.H. In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald
day, referring to a June Trump, speaks in Portsmouth, N.H.
2016 Trump Tower meeting Continued on Next Page Associated Press