Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the presidential campaign, denied that she had any connection to the Kremlin. In an interview with NBC News, Veselnitskaya said that she met with President Donald Trump's son to discuss sanctions between Russia and the U.S., not to hand over information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign. She added that Trump Jr. and others at the meeting Following a report by The New York Times released Sunday, Trump Jr. acknowledged that he met with Veselnitskaya
after he was told she might have information "helpful" to his father's presidential campaign.