Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. ready to testify in Senate
The Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump's eldest son during the 2016 election campaign said she's ready to testify before the US Senate and "clarify the situation behind this mass hysteria."
Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet with Natalia Veselnitskaya in the expectation of receiving incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to help his father's White House campaign, according to emails Trump Jr. has publicly released. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort also attended the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower.
The meeting raised new questions about the Trump campaign's possible ties to Moscow, which are being scrutinized by federal and congressional investigators. These questions have only intensified as the identities of other Russia-connected participants have become known.
"I am ready to clarify the situation behind the mass hysteria, but only through lawyers or testifying in the Senate," Veselnitskaya said in an interview with Kremlin-funded RT television broadcast Wednesday.
