WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, Trump Jr. released an email chain with UK-born publicist Rob Goldstone about a meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya to allegedly discuss compromising information on then-presidential nominee and Trump rival Hillary Clinton.
"I think any witness who's been asked to testify before Congress should testify," Ryan told reporters. "Anybody who is asked to testify to the Senate should do that."
Senator Chuck Grassley has invited Trump Jr. to publicly testify before the Senate Judiciary committee about his meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.
On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the media coverage of the Veselnitskaya-Trump Jr. scandal is meant to overshadow Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first bilateral meeting. Previously, he said that he doesn't know who Veselnitskaya is.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blasted Western coverage as "wild" and wondered how meeting with a Russian lawyer could pose a threat to anyone.
Russia has repeatedly denied interference in the US presidential election and has called such allegations absurd.
