Maxine Waters: GOP wouldn’t care if a voicemail revealed Trump thanking Putin

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that the Republican Party would ignore collusion between President Trump’s campaign and Russia even if they had a “voicemail” of Trump thanking Putin for the alleged collusion.

Waters’s remarks came hours after Donald Trump Jr. released emails detailing his meeting with a Kremlin-linked attorney who promised compromising information on Hillary Clinton.

In a series of tweets Tuesday night, Waters called on Democrats to not let Trump Jr. “off the hook” for his actions.

“At this point, the [New York Times] could release Trump leaving a voice message thanking Putin for his services and GOP would still say “nothing burger,”” Waters wrote.

“Don’t let Trump Jr off the hook. Emails show his willingness to get info from Russia to influence election,” the California Democrat added. “He is in a long line of LIARS.”

At this point, the NYT could release Trump leaving a voice message thanking Putin for his services and GOP would still say “nothing burger”

— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) July 11, 2017

Don’t let Trump Jr off the hook. Emails show his willingness to get info from Russia to influence election. He is in a long line of LIARS

— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) July 11, 2017

On Tuesday, Trump Jr. released a series of emails between himself and music publicist Rob Goldstone, who was offering to set up the meeting with a Russian lawyer in the hopes of obtaining damaging information about his father’s campaign rival, Hillary Clinton.

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According the Goldstone, the information that the attorney could provide “would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father,” and was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”

President Trump issued a brief statement defending his eldest son through White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during an off-camera briefing with reporters on Tuesday.

“My son is a high-quality person and I applaud his transparency,” the statement said.