THREAD: One year ago today, The New York Times reported the existence of the June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower. Here’s just some of what we’ve learned about that meeting since: (1/9) nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/…
We’ve seen the emails planning and following up about the meeting, all of which confirm one thing: Both sides saw themselves as colluding. (2/9) themoscowproject.org/explainers/col…
We’ve learned that Donald Trump personally dictated his son’s first, misleading statement to The New York Times—and may have obstructed justice in the process. (3/9) theguardian.com/us-news/2017/j…
We’ve learned much more about the participants. For example, there’s Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who identified herself as an “informant” for the Kremlin. (4/9) nytimes.com/2018/04/27/us/…
We’ve learned much more about the Agalarovs and their relationships with both the Trump family and Putin’s inner circle. (5/9) themoscowproject.org/explainers/oli…
On the American side, we’ve learned that Paul Manafort was deep in debt to Russian oligarchs, whom he couldn’t repay because his allegedly laundered money was under surveillance … (6/9)themoscowproject.org/dispatch/manaf…
… and that he was in close contact with a known Russian intel operative, discussing how to “get whole” with one of Putin’s top oligarchs via private briefings on the campaign. (7/9) theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
We’ve also learned just how susceptible Jared Kushner is to foreign influence, and how many foreign intelligence agencies see him as an easy mark. (8/9) bloomberg.com/view/articles/…
Finally, we’ve learned that the June 9 meeting was one of at least 24 between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, part of at least 82 contacts. The question isn’t whether collusion occurred—it’s how deep the collusion went. (9/9) themoscowproject.org/explainers/tru…
