RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The publicist whose 2016 email to Donald Trump Jr. led to a now-infamous Trump Tower meeting said Thursday [3-28-19] night he’s not surprised the special counsel investigation did not establish that President Donald Trump Trump or his campaign associates conspired with Russia to win the presidential election…Goldstone, a British publicist, became an unlikely figure in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation when it emerged that he emailed Trump Jr. on behalf of his client Emin Agalarov to suggest a meeting regarding potential dirt on Hillary Clinton. Trump Jr. responded enthusiastically and later held a meeting along with top Trump campaign officials, Goldstone and a Russian attorney. The President’s son has contended that the brief meeting focused almost exclusively on the issue of Russian adoptions. The offer and subsequent meeting have been the subject of investigation, and the topic has re-emerged now that Attorney General William Barr has released his summary of the report. Barr said in his letter to lawmakers that Mueller’s report contains an extensive examination of Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election, although it is unknown what Mueller wrote about the Trump Tower meeting.”
–Eli Watkins, “Man who helped set up infamous Trump Tower meeting says he’s not surprised by findings of Mueller report,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, March 28, 2019 12:41 am