2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An attorney representing President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday [7-12-17] that the President was unaware of his oldest son’s attempts to obtain information purportedly from Russia during the 2016 election.
‘Let’s focus on what the President was aware of: nothing,’ Jay Sekulow said on CNN’s ‘New Day.’
Sekulow said he wanted to clarify ‘three things here.’
‘Number one, as I said, the President was not aware of (Donald Trump Jr.’s) meeting, did not attend the meeting, and was only aware of the emails very recently by counsel, and had not seen the emails. In fact, you know, I didn’t see the email until yesterday, and I’m one of the lawyers.’
Sekulow emphasized: ‘He was not aware, did not attend, and just found out about the emails — or saw the emails — yesterday.’
The email chain disclosed by Trump Jr. on Tuesday showed emails from Rob Goldstone, a music publicist, referring to potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to bolster Trump’s campaign, and seeking to set up a meeting (which eventually took place in June 2016).”
-David Wright, “Trump lawyer: President was aware of ‘nothing’,” CNN poltics, CNN.com, July 12, 2017 11:56am