In what should come as no surprise at all to President Trump and his supporters, new information knocked the feet out from under theories about mystery phone calls made by Donald Trump Jr. in 2016.
As Robert Mueller drags on with his Russia investigation, more evidence continues not to surface of any form of collusion between Trump’s 2016 election campaign and Russia. And a new report on Thursday indicated that the Senate Intelligence Committee had received records that revealed Trump Jr.’s infamous phone calls before the Trump Tower meeting that year were actually not with his father, according to CNN.
NEWS: Senate Intel has obtained info showing Donald Trump Jr.’s mysterious phone calls ahead of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting were not with his father, sources tell @PamelaBrownCNN @KaraScannell @jeremyherb and me. Dems had suspected that it was Trump’s. https://t.co/aOLQfx5Hcb.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 31, 2019
“Records provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee show the calls were between Trump Jr. and two of his business associates,” CNN reported Thursday, citing “three sources with knowledge of the matter.”
The calls, Senate Intel was told, were to two of Trump Jr.’s business associates. The reason why this sparked interest is that Trump Jr couldn’t recall with whom he spoke, and his father has a blocked number in his primary residence
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 31, 2019
The calls to blocked numbers, which came on June 6, and after it on June 9, were between Trump Jr.’s cell phone and two family friends — NASCAR CEO Brian France and real estate developer Howard Lorber, according to the sources https://t.co/Vh0S9LKn7l
— John Santucci (@Santucci) January 31, 2019
After nearly two years of finger-pointing by Democrats, the revelations seemed to shoot holes in the theories and, as CNN noted, “appear to contradict Democrats’ long-held suspicions that the blocked number was from then-candidate Donald Trump.”
More of the Democrat’s #fakenews narrative disappearing before their eyes.
I wonder how many more false leaks will pop now to keep their dreams alive??? https://t.co/sfmvHs0zVr— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 31, 2019
CNN reported:
The information came to light recently and could answer one of the key questions over the meeting Trump’s eldest son set up to get Russian dirt on the Clinton campaign. Trump Jr.’s phone calls involving blocked numbers — meaning the numbers are private and do not appear in the phone records — have been a lingering issue as investigators have probed the meeting and whether Trump himself had advance knowledge through any means that his son, son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chair Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Despite all of the grandstanding by House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff who has slammed Republicans for not following through on details of the phone calls and has called for a subpoena to Trump Jr., it seems Democrats have been left with an empty bag.
Has anyone heard from Adam Schiff?
I imagine he’s busy leaking other confidential info from the House Intelligence Committee to change the subject?!? #FullOfSchiff https://t.co/7CC6k0CjlJ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 1, 2019
The president called out the “witch hunt” by Democrats in a series of tweets after the report came out Thursday.
Just out: The big deal, very mysterious Don jr telephone calls, after the innocent Trump Tower meeting, that the media & Dems said were made to his father (me), were just conclusively found NOT to be made to me. They were made to friends & business associates of Don. Really sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2019
This Witch Hunt must end! https://t.co/3og7H4uUw2
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2019
As conservative radio host Mark Levin noted on his show Thursday, the president was right all along when he denied knowing anything about the infamous Trump Tower meeting, or that his son had called him about it.
“Donald Trump, our president, has been telling the truth from the beginning,” Levin said, accusing everyone from Democrats like Schiff to the mainstream media of pushing the phony propaganda.
While it remains to be seen how prominently the story will be reported by the liberal media which has been a mouthpiece for Democrats attempting to take down Trump, Twitter users quickly weighed in on the revelations.
Another one bites the dust
— RW (@rwlawoffice) January 31, 2019
A lot of people look dumb everyday…
— Dan Webb (@DWebb1977) January 31, 2019
@RepAdamSchiff I’m sure will explain this on @CNN momentarily!
— Steve Sarich (@elderschmoe) January 31, 2019
Adam Schiff, wrong again.
— ❌James Brown??? (@JamesBr68146064) February 1, 2019
They will soldier on. They are too heavily invested in The Russian thing now to back away.
— 300Spartans (@scottho03862553) January 31, 2019
Another smoking gun debunked
— Pete Garcia (@Pete777) February 1, 2019
Even when CNN finally gets a story right, it turns out badly for them. ??
— ???? Greyhownd ????♥️ (@greyhownd) January 31, 2019
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