The Kremlin-linked lawyer Donald Trump Jr. met with during his controversial Trump Tower rendezvous in June 2016 counts Russia's spy agency, FSB, among her past clients, Reuters reports.
Natalia Veselnitskaya represented the successor to the KGB in a Moscow property case between 2005 and 2013, documents show. Veselnitskaya has denied her connection to the Kremlin and there is no proof she was working for the government when she met with Trump Jr., although her past connection will likely raise questions.
Veselnitskaya has said she would be willing to testify before the Senate: "If the Senate wishes to hear the real story, I will be happy to speak up and share everything I wanted to tell Mr. Trump," she told RT.
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