Music promoter dangled possible Putin meeting for Trump during campaign
Source: WA Post
Maybe he would welcome a meeting with President Putin, Goldstone wrote in a July 24, 2015, email to Trumps longtime personal assistant, Rhona Graff. There is no indication Trump or his assistant followed up on Goldstones offer.
The invitation is the latest example to emerge of efforts to broker a meeting between the Kremlin and Trump Tower during the campaign. The timing of Goldstones offer served as a reminder of the high-level contacts that Trump had in Russia as he ramped up his White House run.
Russian pop star Emin Agalarov greets Donald Trump with Miss Universe Gabriela Isler during the 2013 pageant in Moscow. The email exchange is among thousands of pages of internal Trump documents that have been turned over to investigators examining Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Scott Balber, an attorney for the pop star Emin Agalarov, said Agalarov asked Goldstone to invite Trump to his fathers party but was not aware that the publicist dangled the possibility of meeting with Putin.
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