September 5, 2017, Washington: Looking back at this summer\u2019s scandal around Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya in his Trump Tower office, revelations have come so quickly that the editors are providing this recap for readers struggling to keep up.<\/p>\n
Mid-July: When news of the meeting first broke, we reported that it was just between Mr. Trump, Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and the lawyer. But soon Washington was rocked by the news that an interpreter, a show-business agent for Russian pop star Emin, and a representative of a family worried about Russian adoptions were present too. In Georgetown salons everyone asked, what shoe would drop next? The next day, Congresswoman Maxine Waters demanded the President\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n
A few days later: CNN reported that not just Emin\u2019s agent but Emin himself and his band had attended. On his MSNBC program the next morning, Joe Scarborough expressed the shock and outrage. For a half-hour his guests sat silently as he shouted, \u201cLies, lies, lies!\u201d He concluded, \u201cEvery time we think this stomach-turning scandal can\u2019t get worse, it does. Who\u2019s next?\u201d The next day, Congresswoman Maxine Waters demanded the President\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n
Another Monday: The Washington Post revealed that celebrity computer and icon of the artificial intelligence diversity community, Deep Blue, had been invited to the meeting and, though too busy to leave his office, attended by phone. \u201cIt was my first dial-up in decades \u2013 so retro, so cool,\u201d said Mr. Blue. Leaks from the intelligence community confirmed rumors that Vladimir Putin has long admired Mr. Blue. \u201cAnyone who can knock off [former Russian chess champion and Putin critic] Garry Kasparov is a better man than I am,\u201d Mr. Putin had been overheard saying in his Kremlin office. CNN morning host, Chris Cuomo asked viewers, \u201cWhat more evidence do we need?\u201d He added, \u201cMr. Blue is no dummy. He knew why he was there. That meeting had collusion written all over it.\u201d The next day, Congresswoman Maxine Waters demanded the President\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n
The following week: In quick succession the White House acknowledged that the entire Russian World Cup soccer team, Cold War alumni of the CIA and the KGB, and the touring company of Bolshoi Ballet were present at the meeting in Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s office. \u201cThis White House is dedicated to complete transparency,\u201d an administration spokesman told reporters on a condition of anonymity. \u201cWe promised to make public everything about that meeting. We have. There is nothing more to be said.\u201d The next day, Congresswoman Maxine Waters demanded the President\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n
Last week: Late on Friday afternoon, an unnamed source read to an anonymous New York Times editorial writer portions of a memo from recently fired FBI chief James Comey to himself. \u201cDearest,\u201d it began, \u201cI now doubt that the infamous June 2016 meeting in Donald Trump, Jr\u2019s office actually occurred in that office.\u201d Bureau agents, he continued, had determined that at the very hour the meeting took place, all participants had in fact been at the estate on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that the US government seized from Russia in 2016. President Trump was present, too. \u201cThis deal will be huge,\u201d Mr. Comey quotes the President from recordings made by drones overhead. \u201cTheater, soccer stadium, home for retired public servants who want to share their deeply classified stories from the good old days with the only people they really trust. The smartest minds and the best lawyers, like Natalia Veselnitskaya, from both our countries have been working for months.\u201d Mr. Trump concluded, \u201cThe whole world will want to buy into this. Everyone will love it. With all the money we make, we\u2019ll retire the national debt. The entire national debt. Gone. So gone you\u2019ll wish we had it back. Have I ever exaggerated?\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day: Congresswoman Maxine Waters demanded the President\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n
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