I understand, DSL. It's a piece of evidence that, by itself, is nothing. He agreed to meet a Russian lawyer on the pretext that she had dirt. She wanted to lobby, and probably did. There's no evidence she actually gave him anything other than her lobby pitch. So the end result is that the meeting literally had zero, literally zero impact on the campaign.
If this is part of a systematic effort by DJT Jr to obtain info then it's a useful piece of evidence. If it's a one-off from a Russian lawyer/lobbyist then....
Again, WikiLeaks was out with HRC emails in March. The Russian operation was in full swing and effectively disseminating truthful, accurate emails months before what the NYT says is the first meeting between DJT's inner circle and a Russian "operative" or whatever. They then proceeded to follow the same channels with DNC emails. I find it nearly implausible to think they would deviate from this effective operation to back channel it through some lawyer and DJT Jr.
YMMV, but this is not a BOMBSHELL!!!!! It's a dot that potential is part of a very large connected pictures. But as of now that picture is missing lots of dots - it's basically two: Russian hacking and DJT-approximate Russian contact.
If this is part of a systematic effort by DJT Jr to obtain info then it's a useful piece of evidence. If it's a one-off from a Russian lawyer/lobbyist then....
Again, WikiLeaks was out with HRC emails in March. The Russian operation was in full swing and effectively disseminating truthful, accurate emails months before what the NYT says is the first meeting between DJT's inner circle and a Russian "operative" or whatever. They then proceeded to follow the same channels with DNC emails. I find it nearly implausible to think they would deviate from this effective operation to back channel it through some lawyer and DJT Jr.
YMMV, but this is not a BOMBSHELL!!!!! It's a dot that potential is part of a very large connected pictures. But as of now that picture is missing lots of dots - it's basically two: Russian hacking and DJT-approximate Russian contact.
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