The following article by Tom Hamburger, Carol D. Leonnig and Rosalind S. Helderman was posted on the Washington Post website August 14, 2017:
According to internal campaign emails read to the Post, a low-level foreign adviser to Donald Trump passed along multiple requests for him to meet with Russian officials, and even Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the 2016 campaign. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)
Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: “Meeting with Russian Leadership – Including Putin.”
The adviser, George Papadopoulos, offered to set up “a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump,” telling them his Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity,according to internal campaign emails read to The Washington Post. Continue reading “Trump campaign emails show aide’s repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings”