Republicans from President Trump down often declare that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. So far, Democrats have not been able to prove otherwise. But the most compelling piece of evidence cited by the president’s opponents is the June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower between Donald Trump Jr., some key Trump campaign aides, and a group of Russians who came promising damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Much remains unknown about that meeting.
A pre-meeting email from, improbably, a British music promoter, Rob Goldstone, to Trump Jr. was almost of a parody of a “WE WOULD LIKE TO COLLUDE WITH YOU” invitation. A powerful Russian had “offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father,” Goldstone wrote Trump Jr. “This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump …”
