Why We Still Don't Know Everything About Donald Trump Jr.'s Meeting | The 11th Hour

>>> AND GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN FROM OUR NBC NEWS HEADQUARTERING
HERE IN NEW YORK. DAY 176 THE STILL YOUNG TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. THEY PASSED THE SIX MONTH MARK
NEXT WEEK JUST AFTER DONALD TRUMP LEFT FOR FRANCE ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE SHARED WITH YOU IF YOU'LL RECALL A POLITICO"
REPORTED THAT SAID QUOTE TOP WEST WING AIDES ARE EXASPERATED
BY THE RISK THAT MORE DAMAGING NEWS HAS YET TO EMERGE.
AND ABOUT THAT MORE DAMAGING NEWS THAT HAD YET NOT I MERGED
IT CAME OUT THIS MORNING PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN FROM
FRANCE. NBC NEWS WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT
THAT ALSO IN THAT MEETING WITH DON JR. AND THE RUSSIAN LAWYER
IN TRUMP TOWER LAST JUNE, A MAN WHO WAS FORMERLILY A MEMBER OF A
SOVIET COUNTERINTELLIGENCE UNIT WE NOW KNOW HIS NAME RINAT
AKMETSHIN, A RUSSIAN AMERICAN WHO NOW WORKS AS A LOBBYIST.
SOME U.S. OFFICIALS BELIEVE HE STILL HAS ONGOING TIES WITH
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. SOMETHING WE SHOULD POINT OUT HE
HAS DENIED. DISCUSSING THE MEETING WITH THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS, AKMETSHIN SAID I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
SUCH A BIG DEAL TO BE HONEST. YOU'LL REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL
EXPLANATION FOR THIS MEETING WAS ADOPTION POLICY UNDER U.S.
SANCTIONS. ONE AMERICAN INVESTORS WHO
WORKED ON THAT POLICY TOLD BUSINESS INSIDER" THIS WHEN HE
FOUND OUT WHO WAS ALSO IN THE ROOM.
AND WE QUOTE. IN THE WORLD OF RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FORMER INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER. SO IN MY OPINION YOU HAD A
MEMBER OF PUTIN'S SECRET POLICE DIRECTLY MEETING WITH THE SON OF
THE FUTURE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ASKING TO CHANGE
U.S. SANCTIONS POLICY, CRUCIAL TO PUTIN.
AND IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S HEADLINES IT IS WORTH
REMEMBERING THAT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AIDES THIS WEEK
APPLAUDED DONALD TRUMP JR. FOR HIS TRANSPARENCY.
AND ON TUESDAY AFTER RELEASE HIS EMAILS ABOUT THIS MEETING DON
JR. SAID, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE, THIS IS EVERYTHING.
>> I HAVE A QUICK STATEMENT THAT I'LL READ FROM THE PRESIDENT.
MY SON IS A HIGH QUALITY PERSON. AND I APPLAUD HIS TRANSPARENCY.
>> MORE THAN HAPPY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE.
I JUST WANT THE TRUTH OUT THERE THAT'S PART OF WHY I RELEASED
THE ALL STUFF TODAY. >> BUT THIS ISN'T.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO DRAG POUT THE STORY THEY WANT TO DRIP A
LITTLE BIT TODAY A LITTLE BIT THEN I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE
TRANSPARENT AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE.
>> AS FAR AS YOU KNOW AS FAR AS THIS INCIDENT IS CONCERNED THIS
IS ALL OF IT. >> THIS IS EVERYTHING.
THIS IS EVERYTHING. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY
THERE IS THIS PLAYING OF AMNESIA THAT AFFECTS ALL THESE PEOPLE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND ONE COUNTRY AND ONE COUNTRY
ONLY? >> EVERY SINGLE DAY WE DO OUR
VERY BEST TO GIVE YOU THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT WE
HAVE. AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY
SINGLE DAY AND HAVE OH OFFERED TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE
WITH ALL COMMITTEES AND ANYONE LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER.
>> HOW REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, BE
TRANSPARENT AND EARNEST, ADMIT THAT MAYBE OEFLD HAVE DONE
THINGS DIFFERENT. >> MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TAKEN
THAT MEETING. IT'S CALLED OPPOSITION RESEARCH
OR EVEN RESEARCH INTO YOUR OPPONENT.
ZERO HAPPENED FROM THE MEETING.
MONTHLY I THINK THE PUBLIC AFFAT AND FORMER MANAGING EDER TO OF
"TIME" MAGAZINE GP I'LL START WITH YOU MR. DELANEY MAYBE
NOTHING HAPPENED OF CONSEQUENCE OF THE MEETING BUT THE DRIP,
DRIP, DRIP NATURE OF IT SURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT NOTHING.
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BRIAN.
THAT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING POINT.
EVEN IF YOU TAKE THE INNOCENT EXPLANATION THAT IT REALLY WAS A
NOTHING BURGER, THE KIND OF THINGS THIS LAWYER AND LOBBY
ETTIST WERE TALKING TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ABOUT WERE OF NO
CONSEQUENCE, THE WAY THE TRUMP FOLKS HANDLED IT IS JUST SO
DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS, THE STORY CHANGED LIKE THREE TIMES AND
THEN EVEN WHEN DON JR. WENT ON FOX NEWS SAID EYE I'VE TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING TODAY WE LEARN HE DIDN'T TELL US EVERYTHING.
AND THE PERSON THAT -- WHOSE PRESENCE WAS NOT DISCLOSED
HAPPENS TO BE A KIND OF A POLITICAL FIXER WHO HAS
REPRESENTED RUSSIAN INTERESTS IN SOME WAY AS SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
MAYBE NOT AS QUOTE I DON'T THINK HE IS A AGENT OF PUTIN'S SECRET
POLICE. BUT HE IS CERTAINLY A GUY KIND
OF OPERATING IN THE SHADOWS IN WASHINGTON, HAS REPRESENTED
CAUSES THAT ARE NEAR AND DEER TO THE PUTIN GOVERNMENT AND
SOMEBODY WHOSE PRESENCE AT THE MEETING IS GOING TO INTEREST BOB
PLURAL AND HOUSE AND SENATE INVESTIGATORS.
TO NOT DISCLOSE THAT YOU HAVE TO WONDER AS A POLITICAL MATTER
WHAT THE TRUMP FOLKS ARE THINKING.
>> AND KEN, THIS MAY NOT BE ANSWERABLE, MAY NOT BE KNOWN.
YOU MAY KNOW AND BE UNABLE TO SAY JUST NOD YOUR HEAD.
IS THERE GOING TO BE ANYMORE FROM THIS ONE MEETING?
OF COURSE THERE WERE OTHERS. >> WELL, BRIAN, AT THE END OF
THE TODAY WE SORT OF CONCLUDED HERE AT NBC NEWS WE STILL DON'T
FULLY UNDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE MEETING.
THERE IS TALK OF A TRANSLATESER BEING THERE WHOSE NAME HAS BEEN
OUT WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED. THERE IS POTENTIALLY ANOTHER
PERSON IN THE MEETING. THERE ARE THINGS TO BE LEARNED
ABOUT THIS MEETING STILL WHICH IS INCREDIBLE, BRIAN.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE

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