Thread by @rgoodlaw

1. In important breaking story (“Operative Offered Trump Campaign ‘Kremlin Connection’ Using N.R.A. Ties”) NYT once again fails to report evidence that Don Jr did end up meeting with Torshin

My earlier piece:

justsecurity.org/47279/torshin-…

2. Here’s the important NYT story by @npfandos

nytimes.com/2017/12/03/us/…

But here’s what the NYT tells you about whether the Don Jr met with Torshin...

3. But here’s what the NYT tells you about whether Don Jr met with Torshin (emails identified Torshin as “President Putin’s emissary on this front” who was trying to make “first contact” with Trump team at the NRA event).

NYT writes the following:

4 Other news reported evidence of Torshin meeting with Don Jr:

NBC (@KenDilanianNBC @carolelee): "Torshin was seated with the candidate’s son, Donald Trump Jr., during a private dinner on the sidelines of a May 2016 NRA event ...according to an account Torshin gave to Bloomberg"

@KenDilanianNBC @carolelee 5. EVEN Don Jr.'s lawyer has admitted Don Jr. met the Russian emissary Torshin at the NRA dinner and through a mutual contact (but says they sat separately).

NBC (and others) reported that too.
NYT today doesn't.

@KenDilanianNBC @carolelee 6. Don Jr's lawyer (Alan Futerfas) admitted those facts after the NBC News report, which included the dinner meeting, first broke.

@KenDilanianNBC @carolelee 7. Spain's @el_pais reported in April '17:

“Torshin had fleeting contact with the future president, who only went so far as to shake his hand. With his son, Donald Trump Jr., things went further: he sat by his side during a private dinner in a restaurant in Kentucky.”

@KenDilanianNBC @carolelee @el_pais 8. @cliffschecter reported Dec '16:

“At the most recent NRA Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in May of this year, Sheriff Clarke tweeted a picture of himself with Donald Trump Jr., who was sitting at special guest Torshin’s table.”

cc: @NoahShachtman

@KenDilanianNBC @carolelee @el_pais @cliffschecter @NoahShachtman 9. With great respect for the editors and journalists at NYT (@npfandos @mattapuzzo @adamgoldmanNYT @AllMattNYT), the Times reporting is missing a key piece of the Torshin overture that readers should be told about.

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