The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says reports that a second Russian person was in a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. last summer “adds another deeply disturbing fact about this secret meeting.”
Rep. Adam Schiff of California says Trump Jr.’s shifting explanations “paint a portrait of consistent dissembling and deceit.”
A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended the June 2016 meeting with President Trump’s son. The detail marks another shift in the account of the meeting, which was described as part of a Russian government effort to help the Republican’s White House campaign. Rinat Akhmetshin confirmed his participation to The Associated Press on Friday.
Akhmetshin has been reported to have ties to Russian intelligence agencies, though he denies ever working as an intelligence agent.
Steve Inskeep talks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., about the latest in the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian election interference, and developments about Donald Trump Jr.