Trump attorney Jay Sekulow blames 'bad information' for faulty statement on Trump Tower meeting

Russia,Donald Trump,Donald Trump Jr.,Hillary Clinton,Election 2016

Posted on AllSides August 5, 2018

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President Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow said that he had "bad information" and made a "mistake" when he denied last summer that the president had any role in crafting a statement about Donald Trump Jr.'s June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer offering dirt on Hillary Clinton.

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