Alan Futerfas, the attorney retained by Donald Trump Jr., told NBC News two other people accompanied Veselnitskaya to the meeting - someone Futerfas described as a translator and someone he described as a 'friend of Emin ’s and maybe as a friend of Natalia ’s. The Associated Press identified the lobbyist as Rinat Akhmetshin, and said he acknowledged attending the meeting.Ĭontacted by NBC News, representatives for Kushner and Manafort declined to comment. The Russian-born American lobbyist served in the Soviet military and emigrated to the U.S., where he holds dual citizenship. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and Paul Manafort, former chairman of the Trump campaign. The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. Election tag Natalia Veselnitskaya tag Russian lawyer tag Donald Trump emails tag Rinat Akhmetshin tag. The lobbyist, who denies any current ties to Russian spy agencies, accompanied the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower attended by Donald Trump Jr. Donald Trump tag Trump administration tag Donald Trump Jr.

officials of having ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, NBC News has learned. The Russian lawyer who met with the Trump team after a promise of compromising material on Hillary Clinton was accompanied by a Russian-American lobbyist - a former Soviet counterintelligence officer who is suspected by some U.S.

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