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    Legal implications of Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer

    Donald Trump, Jr., the President's oldest son, has confirmed that he met with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during last year's campaign. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kusher, and campaign manager Paul Manafort confirm they were there, too. The lawyer had promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Trump, Jr.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 10, 2017 • 1 min read

    Donald Trump, Jr., the President's oldest son, has confirmed that he met with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during last year's campaign. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kusher, and campaign manager Paul Manafort confirm they were there, too. The lawyer had promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Trump, Jr. has tweeted that he "had to listen." But Richard Painter, who was an ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, says that if Trump, Jr. was contacted by a Russian agent with the promise of negative information on another American he should have notified the FBI immediately.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Richard Painter

      law professor at the University of Minnesota, former chief White House ethics lawyer during the George W. Bush administration

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Can the feds make a dent in Chicago's violent crime epidemic?
    1. 1:23Legal implications of Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyerYou’re reading this
    2. 7:59President Trump and the 'Chicago problem'
    3. 41:30Mike Pence is secretly courting top GOP donors
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