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(CNN)Senate investigators have obtained new information showing Donald Trump Jr.'s mysterious phone calls ahead of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting were not with his father, three sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN.

Records provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee show the calls were between Trump Jr. and two of his business associates, the sources said, and appear to contradict Democrats' long-held suspicions that the blocked number was from then-candidate Donald Trump.

The information came to light recently and could answer one of the key questions over the meeting Trump's eldest son set up to get Russian dirt on the Clinton campaign. Trump Jr.'s phone calls involving blocked numbers -- meaning the numbers are private and do not appear in the phone records -- have been a lingering issue as investigators have probed the meeting and whether Trump himself had advance knowledge through any means that his son, son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chair Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.

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wow CNN is slow to report any actual news.
this was already stated long ago by trump jr. guess the "democrats" weren't paying attention and are just now finding out 1 of their assumptions were off.

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Not sure what would prevent trump from being in the room with these two men and taking the call.

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wow CNN is slow to report any actual news.
this was already stated long ago by trump jr. guess the "democrats" weren't paying attention and are just now finding out 1 of their assumptions were off.

Quote (Beowulf @ Feb 1 2019 09:09am)

lol?

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This is a piece of exculpatory evidence... of course it's news.

Trump Jr. said he didn't recall who the blocked number was. And obviously a subject of an investigation shouldn't be taken at his word.



Well, obviously Trump Jr. could've just walked to his dad's office and talked to him about it.

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i was mistaken about what call is being referred to by CNN. my previous statement was false. it was my understanding that this was same push on kushner receiving a call before the meeting.
after a little digging through the issue, it's still just speculation to claim anything malicious from this.

it actually looks the other way around since they've been trying to pin this blocked number on being trump himself.

honestly though, i don't see the issue even if it was. what's the problem here to you guys?

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If Don Jr. spoke to Trump either right before or after meeting with the Russians, it would be a strong piece of evidence that Trump lied about being unaware of the meeting.

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i will change your words to be more accurate. trump has already stated he knew about the meeting. however, he has also stated he didn't know the discussions of it.
so he would be lying about knowing the contents of the meeting. (not trying to be difficult here, it's just how it is)

let's say that he knew about the contents of that meeting and did lie about his knowledge of it.
what is the issue?