While Trump Jr said he hopes that by releasing these emails would bring an end to the controversy, the opposition political leaders called for investigation and claimed that this is yet another indication of the connection between the Trump campaign and the Russians. “Donald Trump Jr has admitted and documented that he, Jared Kushner, and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer with the understanding that she was a Russian government lawyer providing damaging information on Hillary Clinton as part of Moscow’s effort to help President Trump’s campaign,” said Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi.
“I’m not a prosecutor, but I think this is an extremely serious issue and needs to be followed up on by Robert Mueller’s investigation and the Congressional Intelligence Committees immediately,” Cardin demanded.
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein said these emails are deeply disturbing. “I think that the President is, I would say, frustrated with the process of the fact that this continues to be an issue,” she said in response to a question. “And he would love for us to be focused on things, like the economy, on healthcare, on tax reform, on infrastructure. And that’s the place that his mind is, and that’s what he’d like to be discussing,” Sanders said.
