NEW: Mueller declines to say whether President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked to testify in the Russia investigation; Trump Jr. was not interviewed.
The president’s son was the only Trump associate to participate in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian individuals who declined to be voluntarily interviewed by the special counsel's office, said Neguse.In June 2017, the president directed Trump Jr. and his communications director at the time, Hope Hicks, to issue a misleading public statement about the nature of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
Neguse recounted that Mueller’s investigation found that Hicks was shown emails in June 2017 that set up the meeting. The congressman said that Hicks told Mueller’s office that she was shocked by the emails because she said they “looked really bad.” Mueller’s report also indicated that when the Russian official offered Trump campaign officials alleged documents incriminating Hillary Clinton, Trump Jr. responded, “If it’s what you say, I love it.
Asked if Trump Jr., the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and then-campaign chair Paul Manafort then met with a Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and other Russians at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016, Mueller said, “Generally accurate.” Mueller also confirmed that Hicks told the special counsel’s office that she urged Trump multiple times to be transparent about the Trump Tower meeting, and he objected each time. He also confirmed that Trump directed Hicks to say only that Trump Jr. took a brief meeting about Russian adoption because the president’s son’s statement to The New York Times said too much.
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