Cybersecurity

Trump World's Russian Entanglement Captured by One Day in June

  • Talks about building a Moscow tower, dishing dirt on Clinton
  • A day in 2016 is a window into the contacts Mueller is probing

Trump Tower stands on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan

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For a window into the swirl of Russians around Donald Trump’s campaign and his business, look back to a single day in mid-2016: June 9.

On that day, Trump’s lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen fielded emails about a trip he was planning for the following week to Russia, where Cohen’s contacts were dangling the possibility of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.