Manafort spokesman: New report shows 'concrete evidence' that Russia collusion is 'fake news'

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Manafort spokesman: New report shows 'concrete evidence' that Russia collusion is 'fake news'
Fox News, Aug 14, 2017

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An adviser on Trump’s team, George Papadopoulos, offered to set up “a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump,” during the 2016 campaign season, The Washington Post reported. That offer came via an email Papadopoulos allegedly sent to seven campaign officials. ....

The requests to coordinate the meetings were among more than 20,000 pages of documents submitted to congressional committees this month by the Trump campaign following a review by the White House.

Papadopoulos’ emails were read to The Post by a person with access to them, the paper reported.

According to the Post, Papadopoulos sent at least six requests for Trump or team members to meet with Russian officials. But Manafort, who had his home raided by the FBI last month, allegedly rejected in May 2016 a proposal from the adviser to have Trump partake in the meetings.

In response to the requests, Manafort allegedly forwarded the email to an associate, with a note: “We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips.”



More:  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/14/manafort-spokesman-new-report-shows-concrete-evidence-that-russia-collusion-is-fake-news.html

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Trump Campaign Officials Rebuffed Volunteer’s Attempts To Broker Meeting With Russian Government
Daily Caller, Aug 14, 2017, Chuck Ross

Top officials on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign rebuffed requests from a lower level volunteer seeking meetings between the then-real estate mogul and Russian government, according to email exchanges leaked to The Washington Post.

According to The Post, George Papadopoulos, an energy consultant, sent a half-dozen emails to Trump campaign officials suggesting and requesting meetings between Trump and members of the Russian government, including Vladimir Putin.

The campaign emails, which were read to The Post by an unidentified source, reveal a previously-undisclosed connection between a member of the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Papadopoulos indicated in some of the emails that he had contacts close to the Russian government.

But the exchanges also run counter to the allegations that the campaign colluded with the Russian government prior to the election.

That’s because Papadopoulos, a former research fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, had his requests for meetings shot down by campaign officials, including policy director Sam Clovis.

Papadopoulos sent his first inquiry on March 24, 2016, just three days after he was announced as an adviser on the campaign. In an email to Clovis, which had the subject line, “Meeting with Russian Leadership – Including Putin,” Papadopoulos suggested “a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump.”

Clovis opposed the idea.

“We thought we probably should not go forward with any meeting with the Russians until we have had occasion to sit with our NATO allies,” Clovis responded, according to The Post.

Chuck Kubic, a retired rear admiral and campaign foreign policy adviser, also cautioned against the request.


More:  http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/14/trump-campaign-officials-rebuffed-volunteers-attempts-to-broker-meeting-with-russian-government/

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Papadopoulos's six requests for these meetings were shot down by the Trump team.

So sorry Mueller.