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There's a very specific reason why the Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. wanted to talk about adopting babies

Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer was steeped in Russian adoption policy.

Donald Trump Jr. at the Republican National Convention in July.

Donald Trump Jr. said he met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya last June at Trump Tower to discuss compromising information she said she had on Hillary Clinton, but was disappointed when she changed the subject to Russia's adoption policy.

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Katsyv, with is at the center of efforts to overturn the adoption ban — which would start with the repeal of the Magnitsky Act. In February 2016, gistered a nonprofit company in Delaware called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation, the stated aim of which is to overturn the ban.

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