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Manafort attends Trump Tower meeting offered as Russian government support

Date
2016-06-09
Entry type
foreign-election-contact
Current status
Contact documented; Mueller did not establish campaign coordination with the Russian government through the meeting

The invitation promised damaging information about Clinton; the special counsel did not establish that the meeting produced coordination with Russia.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trump2016 campaign chairmanPaul Manafort

Claims and evidence

  1. factdocumented

    Manafort attended the Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Russian visitors after emails described promised Clinton information as part of Russia's support for Trump. Participants said the discussion centered on adoption and Magnitsky sanctions and produced no useful campaign material. The Mueller report documented willingness to receive the meeting but did not establish an agreement to coordinate with the Russian government.