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NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Page 6A Friday, July 14, 2017 Trump: Son’s Russia meeting ‘standard campaign practice’ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer, characterizing it as standard campaign practice and maintaining that “nothing happened” as a result of the June sit-down. The remarks in Paris during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron came even though Trump’s own FBI pick has said author- ities should be advised of requests to meet with foreign individuals during a campaign and even after Donald Trump Jr. said he would rethink his own conduct in agreeing to the meeting in the first place. “I think from a practical standpoint most people would’ve taken that meeting. It’s called opposition research, or even research into your opponent,” Trump said. Trump Jr. released emails this week from 2016 in which he appeared eager to accept information from the Russian government that could have damaged Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The emails were sent ahead of a Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer that Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also attended. Asked about the meeting Thursday, Trump said “politics is not the nicest business in the world” and that it’s stan- dard for candidates to welcome negative information about an opponent. In this case, he added, “nothing happened from the meeting, zero happened from the meeting.” Trump’s comments stood in contrast to the position of his nominee for FBI director, Christopher Wray, who at his confirmation hearing Wednesday was asked what candidates should do if they’re told a foreign government wants to help by offering damaging informa- tion about an opponent. “Any threat or effort to interfere with our elections from any nation-state or any non-state actor,” Wray said, “is the kind of thing the FBI would want to know.” Trump Jr. himself said in a Fox News interview Tuesday night that “in retro- spect I probably would have done things a little differently.” Meanwhile, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he would call on Trump Jr. to testify as part of an investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s election and AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster President Donald Trump pauses during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. would subpoena him if necessary. Witnesses who refuse to comply with subpoenas risk being held in contempt. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he wants Trump Jr. to testify “pretty soon,” and it could be as early as next week. He wouldn’t say what he wants to hear from Trump Jr., but said members aren’t restricted “from asking anything they want to ask.” The panel’s top Democrat, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, had also called on Trump Jr. to testify. A lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. A spokesman for the Senate Judiciary Committee said the letter hasn’t been sent. The Judiciary Committee is one of several congressional panels investi- gating Russian meddling in the U.S. elec- tion, along with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. U.S. intelligence agencies have accused the Russian government of meddling through hacking in last year’s election to benefit Trump and harm Clinton, and authorities are exploring potential coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, has also said he’d like to hear from Trump Jr. and said the panel has requested documents from him. But committee chairman, Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, hasn’t said whether the committee will call him in. Trump Jr. tweeted Monday that he was “happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know.” It’s unclear whether Trump Jr. would be as eager to testify before the Judi- ciary panel, which generally conducts open hearings. The Senate intelligence committee interviews many of its witnesses behind closed doors, though it has held an unusual number of open hearings as part of the Russia probe. The June 9 meeting involved a lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, who was described to Trump Jr. in emails as a “Russian government attorney” who had incriminating information on Clinton. Trump, apparently referencing an article in The Hill newspaper that said the Justice Department had enabled the attorney to be in the country, suggested Thursday “she was here” because of former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. An assistant United States attorney in a January court hearing in New York said the federal government had bypassed the normal visa process and granted a “type of extraordinary permission” so that her client could be in the U.S. to be deposed in a Justice Department lawsuit involving a Russian investment firm. The government, the lawyer said, “made the further accommodation of allowing his Russian lawyer into the country to assist.” In a statement, Lynch said she had no knowledge of Veselnitskaya’s travel. “The State Department issues visas, and the Department of Homeland Security oversees entry to the United States at airports,” the statement said. Trustees project biggest Social Security increase in years WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who rely on Social Security can expect to receive their biggest payment increase in years this January, according to projections released Thursday by the trustees who oversee the program. But older Americans shouldn’t get too excited. The increase is projected to be just 2.2 percent, or about $28 a month for the average recipient. Social Security recipients have gone years with tiny increases in benefits. This year they received an increase of 0.3 percent, after getting nothing last year. Some good news for seniors: The trustees project that Medicare Part B premiums will remain unchanged next year. Most beneficiaries pay $134 a month, though retirees with higher incomes pay more. Both Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment and the Medicare Part B premium are to be announced in the fall. The trustees released the 2018 projections Thursday, along with their annual warning about the long-term financial problems of Social Security and Medicare, the federal government’s two bedrock retirement programs. More than 61 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and surviving children receive Social Security benefits. The average monthly payment is $1,253. Medicare provides health insurance to about 58 million people, most of whom are at least 65 years old. Unless Congress acts, the trust funds that support Social Security are estimated to run dry in 2034, the same year as last year’s projection. 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