II.G. The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials (Mueller Report)
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Dan Williams
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🗓️ 4 May 2019
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Summary
Part 7 of 12 from Section II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation. This subsection of Volume 2, pages 98-107, focuses primarily on the communications strategy around the June 9, 2016 meeting at Trump Tower, including the President's involvement around crafting Trump Jr.'s response and avoiding a proactive strategy recommended by Hope Hicks.
The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials (0:08)
- The President Learns About the Existence of Emails Concerning the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting (0:51)
- The President Directs Communications Staff Not to Publicly Disclose Information About the June 9 Meeting (3:32)
- The President Directs Trump Jr.'s Response to Press Inquiries About the June 9 Meeting (6:04)
- The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting (10:15)
Analysis (14:04)
- Obstructive act (14:15)
- Nexus to a proceeding (16:35)
- Intent (17:15)
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| 0:20.1 | Welcome to the Mueller Report Audio. |
| 0:23.3 | Section 2G. |
| 0:25.1 | The President's efforts to prevent disclosure of emails about the June 9-2016 meeting between Russians and senior campaign officials. |
| 0:33.5 | Overview. |
| 0:34.7 | By June 2017, the President became aware of emails setting up the June 9-2016 |
| 0:40.3 | meeting between senior campaign officials and Russians, who offered derogatory information |
| 0:45.3 | on Hillary Clinton as part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump. |
| 0:50.3 | On multiple occasions in late June and early July 2017, the President directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails, |
| 0:57.5 | and he then dictated a statement about the meeting to be issued by Donald Trump Jr., describing the meeting as about adoption. |
| 1:04.5 | Evidence |
| 1:06.0 | Subsection 1 |
| 1:08.0 | The President learns about the existence of emails concerning the June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting. |
| 1:14.4 | In mid-June 2017, the same week that the president first asked Lewandowski to pass a message to sessions, |
| 1:20.9 | senior administration officials became aware of emails exchanged during the campaign, |
| 1:25.8 | arranging a meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, |
| 1:29.2 | Jared Kushner, and a Russian attorney. As described in volume one, Section 4A5, Supra, |
| 1:35.9 | the emails stated that the Crown Prosecutor of Russia had offered to provide the Trump campaign |
| 1:40.5 | with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings |
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