List of Trump campaign contacts with Russians grows to 16
Daily MailThe latest court filings have added names to the growing list of contacts between Russian nationals and Trump campaign members and associates during Donald Trump's road to the White House. According to Mueller's office, Cohen spoke to someone who “claimed to be a ‘trusted person’ in the Russian Federation and said he could provide ‘synergy on a government level.’ Donald Trump Jr. attended a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer George Papadopoulos, a former aide to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign who just finished serving his 14-day sentence after pleading guilty to charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. He met with a Maltese professor who told him the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who attended the 2016 Trump Tower meeting Pop singer Emin Agalarov, commercial director of Crocus Group, helped set up the Trump Tower meeting by contacting his publicist, Rob Goldstone President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen turned down an overture from one lawyer for a Moscow tower project because he was already working with someone with their own Russian government contacts Several Trump campaign officials had contacts with Sergei Kislyak, Russia's former ambassador to the U.S. Trump advisors with campaign or transition Russia contacts Security advisor Gen. Mike Flynn Campaign chair Paul Manafort Longtime lawyer Michael Cohen Informal advisor Roger Stone Son-in-law Jared Kushner Son Donald Trump Jr. Gordon; - Trump donor Erik Prince met with Russian fund manager Kirill Dmitriev in the Seychelles during the transition; - Former Trump foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos had contact with a Maltese professor with Russia ties who said the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton - Manafort, Donald Trump Jr., and son-in-law Jared Kushner met in June 2016 met with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya.