Twitter Lights Up After Report of Russian Lawyer Admitting to Kremlin Ties: Don Jr. ‘Met With a Spy’

Twitter is lighting up over a shocking new NBC News interview — in which Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower claiming to have dirt on Hillary Clinton, admitted to having ties to the Kremlin.

What does it mean? A number of journalists, experts, and even a prominent Congressman all had their own interpretations. Here’s a sampling of the reaction:

Confirmed: @DonaldJTrumpJr met with a Russian spy at Trump Tower. https://t.co/fOq1LliuxR

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) April 27, 2018

There was ABSOLUTELY NO COLLUSION w/Russia and the entire idea the Trump campaign colluded w/Russia is a COMPLETE HOAX except for the time the entire leadership of the Trump campaign met with a Russian spy who said she had dirt on Hillary in Trump Tower https://t.co/nZQCR8rQgg pic.twitter.com/H0iVH4hVi2

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 27, 2018

Looking forward to @DonaldJTrumpJr reaction to this https://t.co/AaYu8bN0yC

— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 27, 2018

Trump's top campaign brass eagerly sought to obtain damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a Kremlin informant–after that person was identified as someone working on behalf of Russia's government. Try to explain how that *isn't* collusion? https://t.co/oCDo82tfrG

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 27, 2018

How much does the gun have to smoke? Asking for a country. https://t.co/Ts7W3lHeha

— Kim Masters (@kimmasters) April 27, 2018

Is anyone surprised by this?! #Russia Lawyer Was Closer to Kremlin Than She Let On https://t.co/43u9hivccj

— Frances Townsend (@FranTownsend) April 27, 2018

I don't understand why people think this is bad. It's good for people to be informed. https://t.co/JYEnmk8Vjl

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 27, 2018

?Natalia Veselnitskaya, the #Russian??lawyer who met w/Jr, Manafort & Kush, now admits: “I am a lawyer, and I am an informant. Since 2013, I have been actively communicating w/the office of the Russian prosecutor general.”

She’s also a GRU agent‼️?https://t.co/zLhCwgxyRL

— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) April 27, 2018

The fixers.
Trump had Michael Cohen.
Putin had her.

Lawyer Who Was Said to Have Dirt on Clinton Had Closer Ties to Kremlin Than She Let On https://t.co/vNWdEnHhvk

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) April 27, 2018

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