NEW: Rudy Giuliani said the Trump campaign had no reason to think a key participant in the controversial Trump Tower meeting was working on behalf of Moscow — or even that she was Russian. Pants on Fire: https://t.co/08NAHk9gJ8 pic.twitter.com/YXA4f5J9WG

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Giuliani said the Trump campaign “didn’t know” that Natalia Veselnitskaya “was a representative of the Russian government” or even Russian.

Emails between Trump Jr., and his father’s business associate — emails that the younger Trump himself published — directly contradict Giuliani’s assertion.

Those emails show Trump senior’s business associate Rob Goldstone telling the younger Trump that a “Russian government attorney” would be willing to meet with Trump Jr. to supply the campaign with incriminating evidence against Clinton.

The younger Trump replied: “If it’s what you say I love it” — and several days later, the meeting took place.

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