According to Mr. Clay, neither Mr. Trump nor his campaign officials attended the veterans’ dinner. The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and Mr. Torshin did attend a separate N.R.A. dinner that night.
12/3 Paul Erickson trumpeting his close ties to the NRA and Russia told a Trump campaign adviser Rick Dearborn last year that he could arrange a back-channel meeting between Donald J. Trump and Putin, the Russian president, according to an email sent to the Trump campaign. 2016.5/