Will anyone actually pay attention to the facts or just go by what POTUS Donnie says? The controversial Russian lawyer at the center of the latest Trump Family/Russia saga was allowed in the US by the State Dept in 2016 (when she met with Don Don Jr.)and not by the Loretta Lynch led Justice Dept. But no one will pay attention to that nugget because Donnie blabbed something different and now it becomes another fact in his “Liberty Valance” tenure – PB/TK
Trump Blamed Loretta Lynch For Letting A Russian Lawyer Into The US. Here’s How She Actually Got In. – By Grace Wyler / July 14 2017
In the days before her June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump, Jr. and other top Trump campaign aides, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was granted a visa by the US State Department to enter the country.
“In Sept. 2015, DHS paroled Natalia Veselnitskaya into the U.S. in concurrence with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, allowing her to participate in a client’s legal proceedings,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to BuzzFeed News Thursday night.
“Ms. Veselnitskaya was subsequently paroled into the U.S. several times between 2015 and 2016, ending in February 2016. In June 2016, she was issued a B1/B2 nonimmigrant visa by the U.S. Department of State,” it said.
The statement contradicts remarks made by President Donald Trump earlier Thursday, suggesting that the Russian lawyer had somehow been allowed into the US by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Continue to buzzfeed.com article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/gracewyler/the-russian-lawyer-who-met-with-trump-jr-was-granted-entry?utm_term=.ssyBK066j#.eqYY9DbbB
