President Donald Trump ‘Weighed In’ on Son Donald Trump Jr.’s Statement About Russia Meeting

A new report claimed that President Donald
Trump dictated Donald Trump Jr. ’ s statement
defending his meeting with a Russian lawyer
during the presidential campaign. Now, the
White House has said that the president only
“weighed in” on the remarks.
Donald Trump's Family: Kids, Grandkids, Wives
and More »
“He certainly didn’t dictate,” White House press
secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders , said at a
press briefing on Tuesday, August 1. “He
weighed in, offered suggestions, like any father
would do.”
Huckabee, 34, added that Trump Jr.’s
statement was completely true. “There is no
inaccuracy in that statement,” Sanders
continued. "The president weighed in, as any
father would, based on the limited information
that he had. This is all discussion, frankly, of no
consequence."
Donald Trump's Most Outrageous Quotes
Ranked »
Huckabee’s remarks seem to confirm that the
POTUS, 71, helped his oldest son, 39, draft the
June statement that claimed he “primarily
discussed a program about the adoption of
Russian children” with the Russian lawyer
Natalia Veselnitskaya. Trump’s son-in-law
Jared Kushner and his former campaign chair
Paul Manafort also attended the meeting.
Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, in Pictures »
However, Trump Jr. later updated his statement
as more details leaked to the media that he
was allegedly hoping to obtain damaging
information about his father’s rival Hillary
Clinton during the sit-down. The former reality
star’s oldest son then posted on Twitter his full
email conversation with an intermediary who
arranged the meeting, which confirmed that he
was promised documents that “would
incriminate Hillary and her dealings with
Russia."
Here's my statement and the full email chain
pic.twitter.com/x050r5n5LQ
— Donald Trump Jr.
(@DonaldJTrumpJr) July
11, 2017
Previously, one of Trump’s lawyers Jay Sekulow
denied to CNN on July 12 that the commander
in chief was involved in drafting his son’s
statement. “That was written by Donald Trump
Jr., and I’m sure with consultation with his
lawyer,” Sekulow said.
Want stories like these delivered straight to your
inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly
newsletter!

Tweet