Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Saw a Clinton Scandal in Tax Inquiry
- An offer of foreign tax allegations against Clinton supporters
- Russian lawyer denies she had information to harm Democrats
Russia Becomes a Reality for Trump's White House
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Donald Trump Jr. was tantalized by an offer of Russian government documents that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. But the Russian he met days later had been shopping around information that was hardly a bombshell.
Around the time of last summer’s meeting with Trump Jr., Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya was peddling a new political spin on a well-worn international scandal, according to one person familiar with her work. She was focusing on hedge fund manager William Browder, the subject of her scorn and of a film she was promoting, and on Ziff Brothers Investments LLC, which had invested with Browder, the person said.