▁meeting ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁attended ▁a ▁meeting ▁arranged ▁by ▁public ist ▁Rob ▁Gold stone ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁A zer ba ij ani - Russ ian ▁business man ▁E min ▁Ag al ar ov . ▁The ▁meeting ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁Trump ▁Tower ▁in ▁Manh attan , ▁among ▁three ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁president ial ▁campaign : ▁Trump ▁Jr ., ▁J ared ▁K ush ner , ▁and ▁Paul ▁M ana fort and ▁Russian ▁lawyer ▁Natal ia ▁V es eln it sk aya , ▁her ▁transl ator ▁An at oli ▁Sam och orn ov , ▁Russian - American ▁lo bb y ist ▁R in at ▁Ak h met sh in , ▁and ▁I ke ▁K avel ad ze , ▁a ▁Georg ian - American , ▁U . S .- based ▁senior ▁vice ▁president ▁at ▁Cro cus ▁Group , ▁the ▁real ▁estate ▁development ▁company ▁run ▁by ▁Ar as ▁Ag al ar ov . ▁ ▁Appro xim ately ▁a ▁year ▁later , ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁initially ▁told ▁the ▁media ▁that ▁ad option ▁of ▁Russian ▁children ▁was ▁the ▁main ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁meeting . ▁On ▁July ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁twe et ed ▁his ▁email ▁exchange ▁with ▁Gold stone . ▁It ▁revealed ▁that ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁had ▁agreed ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁meeting ▁with ▁the ▁understanding ▁he ▁would ▁receive ▁information ▁dam aging ▁to ▁Hill ary ▁Cl inton , ▁which ▁he ▁considered ▁opposition ▁research . ▁Gold stone ▁also ▁wrote ▁in ▁one