U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meetingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president’s son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign. Donald Trump Jr. has acknowledged that he met in New York with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya after he was told she might have damaging information about his father’s rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton. “Well, I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in. The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me,” Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s legal team, said on Sunday on the ABC news program “This Week.”  In an emailed response to questions about Sekulow’s comments, Secret Service spokesman Mason Brayman said the younger Trump was not under Secret Service protection at the time of the meeting, which included Trump’s son and two senior campaign officials. “Donald Trump, Jr. was not a protectee of the USSS in June, 2016. Thus we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time,” the statement said. According to emails released by Trump Jr. last week, he eagerly agreed to meet Veselnitskaya, who he was told was a Russian government lawyer. Veselnitskaya has said she is a private lawyer and denies having Kremlin ties. On Friday, NBC News reported that a lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated in the meeting, which was also attended by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and the president’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. The meeting appears to be the most tangible evidence of a connection between Trump’s election campaign and Russia, a subject that has prompted investigations by congressional committees and a federal special counsel. Moscow has denied any interference and the president and Trump Jr. have denied any collusion. Sekulow’s comments about the Secret Service drew quick criticism, including from Frances Townsend, who advised former Republican President George W. Bush on homeland security. “Ok let’s try to deflect blame & throw those in @SecretService who protect @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @FLOTUS & family under the bus,” she said on Twitter. The Secret Service’s mission is to provide physical protection for the U.S. president. The agency also protects major presidential candidates. But its role in vetting people who meet with a U.S. president or candidates is limited to ensuring physical safety. Trump himself has said he was unaware of the meeting between his son and the Russian lawyer until a few days ago. “The president was not aware about this meeting, did not participate in this meeting,” Sekulow told the CBS program “Face the Nation.” Sekulow added that Trump was not aware of any meetings between his campaign staff and Russians. A federal special counsel and several congressional panels are investigating allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to hurt Clinton and help Trump. They are also investigating potential connections between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on one of the panels investigating the matter, the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN: “The level of credibility from the senior level of this administration really is suspect.” Warner said he wanted to hear from everyone who attended the June 2016 meeting. “Whether we will be able to get the Russian nationals to come over and testify is an open question, (but) those people that our committee has jurisdiction over, the Americans, I sure as heck want to talk to all of them,” Warner said. politicsNews
secret service rejects suggestion vetted trump son meetingwashington reuters the secret service sunday denied suggestion president donald trump personal lawyer vetted meeting president son russian nationals campaign donald trump acknowledged met new york russian lawyer natalie veselnitskaya told might damaging information father rival democrat hillary clinton well i wonder secret service nefarious secret service allowed people the president secret service protection point raised question jay sekulow member president legal team said sunday abc news program this in emailed response questions sekulow comments secret service spokesman mason batman said younger trump secret service protection time meeting included trump son two senior campaign officials donald trump protected uses june thus would screened anyone meeting time statement said according emails released trump last week eagerly agreed meet veselnitskaya told russian government lawyer veselnitskaya said private lawyer denies kremlin ties on friday nbc news reported lobbyist soviet officer participated meeting also attended trump jared pusher president former campaign manager paul manafort the meeting appears tangible evidence connection trump election campaign russia subject prompted investigations congressional committees federal special counsel moscow denied interference president trump denied collusion sekulow comments secret service drew quick criticism including frances townland advised former republican president george bush homeland security ok let try deflect blame throw secretservice protect pots realdonaldtrump lotus family bus said twitter the secret service mission provide physical protection president the agency also protects major presidential candidates but role vetting people meet president candidates limited ensuring physical safety trump said unaware meeting son russian lawyer days ago the president aware meeting participate meeting sekulow told cbs program face sekulow added trump aware meetings campaign staff russian a federal special counsel several congressional panels investigating allegations intelligence agencies russia muddled presidential election hurt clinton help trump they also investigating potential connections russian officials trump campaign senator mark warner top democrat one panels investigating matter senate intelligence committee told cnn the level credibility senior level administration really warner said wanted hear everyone attended june meeting whether able get russian nationals come testify open question people committee jurisdiction americans i sure heck want talk warner said politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meetingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president’s son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign. Donald Trump Jr. has acknowledged that he met in New York with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya after he was told she might have damaging information about his father’s rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton. “Well, I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in. The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me,” Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s legal team, said on Sunday on the ABC news program “This Week.”  In an emailed response to questions about Sekulow’s comments, Secret Service spokesman Mason Brayman said the younger Trump was not under Secret Service protection at the time of the meeting, which included Trump’s son and two senior campaign officials. “Donald Trump, Jr. was not a protectee of the USSS in June, 2016. Thus we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time,” the statement said. According to emails released by Trump Jr. last week, he eagerly agreed to meet Veselnitskaya, who he was told was a Russian government lawyer. Veselnitskaya has said she is a private lawyer and denies having Kremlin ties. On Friday, NBC News reported that a lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated in the meeting, which was also attended by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and the president’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. The meeting appears to be the most tangible evidence of a connection between Trump’s election campaign and Russia, a subject that has prompted investigations by congressional committees and a federal special counsel. Moscow has denied any interference and the president and Trump Jr. have denied any collusion. Sekulow’s comments about the Secret Service drew quick criticism, including from Frances Townsend, who advised former Republican President George W. Bush on homeland security. “Ok let’s try to deflect blame & throw those in @SecretService who protect @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @FLOTUS & family under the bus,” she said on Twitter. The Secret Service’s mission is to provide physical protection for the U.S. president. The agency also protects major presidential candidates. But its role in vetting people who meet with a U.S. president or candidates is limited to ensuring physical safety. Trump himself has said he was unaware of the meeting between his son and the Russian lawyer until a few days ago. “The president was not aware about this meeting, did not participate in this meeting,” Sekulow told the CBS program “Face the Nation.” Sekulow added that Trump was not aware of any meetings between his campaign staff and Russians. A federal special counsel and several congressional panels are investigating allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to hurt Clinton and help Trump. They are also investigating potential connections between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on one of the panels investigating the matter, the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN: “The level of credibility from the senior level of this administration really is suspect.” Warner said he wanted to hear from everyone who attended the June 2016 meeting. “Whether we will be able to get the Russian nationals to come over and testify is an open question, (but) those people that our committee has jurisdiction over, the Americans, I sure as heck want to talk to all of them,” Warner said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: secret service rejects suggestion vetted trump son meetingwashington reuters the secret service sunday denied suggestion president donald trump personal lawyer vetted meeting president son russian nationals campaign donald trump acknowledged met new york russian lawyer natalie veselnitskaya told might damaging information father rival democrat hillary clinton well i wonder secret service nefarious secret service allowed people the president secret service protection point raised question jay sekulow member president legal team said sunday abc news program this in emailed response questions sekulow comments secret service spokesman mason batman said younger trump secret service protection time meeting included trump son two senior campaign officials donald trump protected uses june thus would screened anyone meeting time statement said according emails released trump last week eagerly agreed meet veselnitskaya told russian government lawyer veselnitskaya said private lawyer denies kremlin ties on friday nbc news reported lobbyist soviet officer participated meeting also attended trump jared pusher president former campaign manager paul manafort the meeting appears tangible evidence connection trump election campaign russia subject prompted investigations congressional committees federal special counsel moscow denied interference president trump denied collusion sekulow comments secret service drew quick criticism including frances townland advised former republican president george bush homeland security ok let try deflect blame throw secretservice protect pots realdonaldtrump lotus family bus said twitter the secret service mission provide physical protection president the agency also protects major presidential candidates but role vetting people meet president candidates limited ensuring physical safety trump said unaware meeting son russian lawyer days ago the president aware meeting participate meeting sekulow told cbs program face sekulow added trump aware meetings campaign staff russian a federal special counsel several congressional panels investigating allegations intelligence agencies russia muddled presidential election hurt clinton help trump they also investigating potential connections russian officials trump campaign senator mark warner top democrat one panels investigating matter senate intelligence committee told cnn the level credibility senior level administration really warner said wanted hear everyone attended june meeting whether able get russian nationals come testify open question people committee jurisdiction americans i sure heck want talk warner said politicsnews