ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Special counsel Robert Mueller has contacted an eighth attendee at a meeting arranged by Donald Trump Jr. between top campaign aides and a Russian lawyer, in the first public sign that Mr. Mueller’s probe will include the gathering last June at Trump Tower in New York.
Mr. Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and whether President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with it, has contacted Ike Kaveladze, vice president at Crocus Group, a company run by Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire Aras Agalarov, who helped arrange the meeting, an attorney for Mr. Kaveladze confirmed.
Mr. Kaveladze was asked by Mr. Agalarov to attend as an interpreter for the Russian lawyer, according to Scott Balber, the attorney who represents both Messrs. Kaveladze and Agalarov. Mr. Kaveladze’s appearance at the meeting, making him the eighth person in the room, previously was unknown.
But the Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, brought her own interpreter, and Mr. Kaveladze ‘doesn’t recall saying a single word at the meeting,’ Mr. Balber said.
Mr. Kaveladze is ‘fully cooperating’ with the special counsel’s probe but has yet to be interviewed, Mr. Balber said. Mr. Agalarov and his son, pop singer Emin, haven’t been approached by Mr. Mueller, Mr. Balber said.”
-Rebecca Ballhaus, “Special Counsel Is Investigating Trump Tower Meeting With Russians,” The Wall Street Journal online, July 18, 2017 01:56pm