Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president
www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trumps-business-sought-deal-on-a-trump-tower-in-moscow-while-he-ran-for-president/2017/08/27/d6e95114-8b65-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a_story.html
Andrew S. Weiss @andrewsweiss
1/ Stunning: Trump failed to disclose a large pending deal in Moscow while he ran for White House via @CarolLeonnig
Rest of thread here mobile.twitter.com/andrewsweiss/status/901988098330038272
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner
There's Sater. We were all wondering when he'd pop up. Who could have guessed it was be so front and center?
One big thing I'd like to flag here: This story fastidiously avoids even mentioning the Agalarovs. Even in context of the Don Jr. meeting.
In recent months, contacts between high-ranking and lower- level Trump aides and Russians have emerged. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, then a U.S. senator and campaign adviser, twice met Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Donald Trump Jr. organized a June 2016 meeting with campaign aide Jared Kushner, campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian lawyer after the president’s eldest son was promised that the lawyer would bring damaging information about Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to help the campaign.
This is a ~very~ weird exclusion, given the article's discussion of other earlier Trump efforts in Russia. Recall: www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/the-russian-connection?utm_term=.lmBbjk6ro#.ul5M3aX8Y
This makes me think they've got more coming or they're working to get more—or they were concerned about including them in the story at all.
(And, I should add: The last doesn't really make that much sense to me when it comes to (1) the Post and (2) in this instance.)
That said, there are times when you have to cut things from stories in order to keep your point crisp/clear. Maybe they thought that here.
Given their inclusion of the prior efforts though, I'm not sure that really makes sense here.
Anyway, a really important story — but certainly just another opening, not the whole thing.