On Saturday, President Donald Trump maintained that he had no knowledge of the infamous Trump Tower meeting that took place during the 2016 election, reports The Hill.
An Overview of Trump’s Statements
On Saturday morning, the president posted the following tweet about the meeting and his former attorney, Michael Cohen:
Michaels Cohen’s attorney clarified the record, saying his client does not know if President Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting (out of which came nothing!). The answer is that I did NOT know about the meeting. Just another phony story by the Fake News Media!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2018
More on the Trump Tower Meeting
In June 2016, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and then-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort met with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya in Trump Tower. Reports claim that Trump Jr. agreed to the meeting after learning that Veselnitskaya had potentially damning intel about Hillary Clinton.
The Trump Tower meeting has attracted a plethora of criticism. Many have questioned its legality. Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon denounced the gathering as “treasonous.” Bannon also stated that Trump Jr., Kushner and Manafort should have “called the FBI immediately.”
Trump Jr. hit back, slamming Bannon as an “opportunist.” The president stated that Bannon “lost his mind” and “is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
Connections to Cohen
The president’s latest tweet about the Trump Tower meeting comes after various allegations from Cohen. The former Trump lawyer has allegedly provided multiple accounts regarding the president’s knowledge about the gathering.
