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PERSON WHO COULD BE HELPING THE TRUMP OFFICIALS.
SHE WAS A FACILITATOR. >> OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS BUT LET'S GO RIGHT TO THE
SOURCE HERE, NBC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT HALLIE
JACKSON NOW WITH US. AGAIN, JUST IN, NBC HAS LEARNED
THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE IN THE MEETING BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP
JR., SENIOR ADVISOR JARED KUSHNER, FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN
MANAGER PAUL MANAFORT AND ALSO A RUSSIAN LAWYER.
ALSO IN TRUMP TOWER ANOTHER PERSON WITH ALLEGED TIES TO
MOSCOW. HALLIE, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL
US? >> Reporter: HERE'S WHAT I CAN
TELL YOU. NBC NEWS IS NOT NAMING THIS MAN,
BUT WE HAVE LEARNED THAT SOME U.S. OFFICIALS SUSPECT HIM OF
HAVING TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE DENIES.
THIS IS THE LATEST TWIST IN A STORY THAT HAS DOGGED THE
PRESIDENT IN PARIS. HE'S ON HIS WAY BACK HOME TO
BEDMINISTER, NEW YORK, NOW WHERE HE'LL SPEND THE WEEKEND AFTER
BEING FORCED TO CONFRONT THE CONTROVERSY HERE IN FRANCE.
THIS MORNING A MAJOR REVELATION ABOUT THAT MEETING BETWEEN
DONALD TRUMP JR. AND A RUSSIAN LAWYER DURING THE CAMPAIGN AIMED
AT GETTING DIRT ON HILLARY CLINTON.
NOW, NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHO ELSE WAS IN THAT ROOM,
A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN LOBBYIST, A FORMER SOVIET
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICER SUSPECTED BY SOME U.S. OFFICIALS
OF HAVING ONGOING TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.
NBC NEWS IS NOT NAMING THAT LOBBYIST WHO DENIES ANY CURRENT
TIES TO RUSSIAN SPY AGENCIES. HIS PRESENCE LIKELY TO BE OF
INTEREST TO INVESTIGATORS. THE LAWYER,
NATALIA VESELNITSKAYA SAYS SHE TRAVELED WITH SOMEONE BUT
REFUSING TO NAME HIM. THE PRESIDENT BEFORE LEAVING FOR
PARIS. >> MY SON IS A WONDERFUL YOUNG
MAN. HE TOOK A MEETING WITH A RUSSIAN
LAWYER. NOT A GOVERNMENT LAWYER, BUT A
RUSSIAN LAWYER. >> Reporter: BUT TRUMP JUNIOR
ACCEPTED THE MEETING LAST JUNE WITH SOMEONE EXPLICITLY
IDENTIFIED AS A RUSSIAN ATTORNEY.
>> I THINK FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT MOST PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE TAKEN THAT MEETING. IT'S CALLED OPPOSITION RESEARCH.
BUT NOTHING HAPPENED FROM THE MEETING.
ZERO HAPPENED FROM THE MEETING. AND HONESTLY I THINK THE PRESS
MADE A VERY BIG DEAL OVER SOMETHING THAT REALLY A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD DO. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
ARGUES IT'S POLITICS AS USUAL. AND WHILE OPPOSITION RESEARCH
IS, WHAT'S NOT IS WHEN IT COMES FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING TO
REPRESENT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AN ADVERSARY AT THAT.
NOW, IN NEW EXCERPTS RELEASED FROM A CONVERSATION WITH
REPORTERS ON AIR FORCE ONE, THE PRESIDENT CALLS HIS SON A GOOD
BOY AND A GOOD KID. TRUMP JUNIOR, WHO'S 39, IS TEN
DAYS YOUNGER THAN THE FRENCH PRESIDENT WHO STOOD ALONGSIDE
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A PARIS NEWS CONFERENCE SEEMING TO STIFLE A
SMILE AS HIS COUNTERPART WAS ASKED ABILITY HIS PAST REMARKS
AFTER TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE. >> PARIS IS SO, SO, SO, SO OUT
OF CONTROL. WE DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE
FRANCE. FRANCE IS NO LONGER FRANCE.
>> Reporter: NOW. >> I'M COMING BACK, YOU BETTER
DO A GOOD JOB, PLEASE, OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME LOOK
VERY BAD. >> Reporter: SO LET ME GET TO
THAT EXCLUSIVE REPORTING OF OURS THIS MORNING, GUYS.
NBC NEWS WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS,
REPRESENTATIVES FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED INITIALLY
IN THAT JUNE th, 2016 MEETING, SO FAR NO COMMENT FROM THEM.
IF WE GET A COMMENT, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE UPDATING THAT REPORTING
WITH WHAT IF ANYTHING THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PERSON.
AND, AGAIN, JUST TO UNDERSCORE SOMETHING THAT YOU HEARD IN THAT
PIECE, THIS IS LIKELY TO RAISE SOME INTEREST, PERHAPS SOME
CONCERN NOW FROM INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO ALL THIS, GUYS.
>> SO, HALLIE, I KNOW WE'RE NOT NAMING THIS MAN, THIS OTHER
PERSON WHO WAS IN THE ROOM FOR THIS MEETING THAT'S BEEN UNDER
SO MUCH SCRUTINY, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE WAS A FORMER SOVIET
INTEL OFFICER. AND ALTHOUGH HE MAY DENY IT,
ALMOST BY DEFINITION HE DOES HAVE LINKS TO RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE. YOU DON'T JUST SEPARATE YOURSELF
AND DIVORCE YOURSELF COMPLETELY FROM THAT COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY YOU ARE HEARING
SOME OF THESE U.S. OFFICIALS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO SAY EXACTLY
THAT, WILLIE, THAT HE IS STILL SUSPECTED OF HAVING THESE TIES.
NOW, AGAIN, THIS PERSON WHO WE GOT TO EMPHASIZE WE'RE NOT
NAMING RIGHT NOW IS DENYING ALL OF THAT, BUT THIS IS A STORY
THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO UNFOLD.
THERE HAD BEEN A QUESTION, AS YOU KNOW, OF WHO ELSE WAS IN
THAT ROOM. NOW WE'RE GETTING SOME MORE
CLARITY ON THAT. IT'S ANOTHER WRINKLE.
>> ALL RIGHT. HALLIE JACKSON IN

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