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'''Robert Ian Goldstone''' (born 3 December 1960) is |
'''Robert Ian Goldstone''' (born 3 December 1960) is a British publicist, music manager, and former [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] journalist who gained international attention for his activities during the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 American presidential election campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hohmann|first1=James|title=The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/07/11/daily-202-email-to-donald-trump-jr-could-be-a-smoking-gun-as-russia-connections-deepen/5963e8eee9b69b7071abcb06/|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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== Early |
== Early life and career == |
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Goldstone was born in [[Whitefield, Greater Manchester|Whitefield]], [[Bury |
Goldstone was born in [[Whitefield, Greater Manchester|Whitefield]], [[Bury, Greater Manchester]],<ref name="MEN13320303">[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rob-goldstone-russia-donald-trump-13320303 Rob Goldstone speaks out after Donald Trump Russia controversy]</ref> where his father was a founding member of the Hillock Hebrew Congregation. He attended Delamere Forest School in [[Cheshire]] and Heys Boys' County Secondary School in [[Prestwich]]. He left school at age 16 to become a trainee sports reporter at the ''Jewish Gazette''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/who-is-rob-goldstone-1.441328|title=Rob Goldstone: the Jewish boy told he wouldn't succeed|last=Keren|first=David|date=13 July 2017|work=The Jewish Chronicle|accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref> He then worked for the ''Radcliffe Times'' and, later, for the ''[[Birmingham Evening Mail]]''<ref name="MEN13320303" /><ref name="GuardGoldstone">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/rob-goldstone-trump-jr-meeting-russian-lawyer|title=Rob Goldstone: who is the man who set up Trump Jr's meeting with a Russian lawyer?|first1=Jon|last1=Swaine|first2=David|last2=Smith|date=10 July 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="BBCGoldstone" /> then in the newsroom at [[Birmingham]]'s [[BRMB]] Radio. |
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While working as a print |
While working as a print journalist for the Australian Associated Press (AAP), Goldstone became the only journalist to travel with Michael Jackson on his 1987 Australian BAD tour.<ref name="MEN13320303" /><ref name="GuardGoldstone" /><ref name="BBCGoldstone" /> |
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In 1987 Goldstone founded Oui 2 Entertainment, a publicity, marketing and event |
In 1987, Goldstone founded Oui 2 Entertainment, a publicity, marketing, and event-planning company.<ref name="BBCGoldstone">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40567707|title=Rob Goldstone: The man behind Donald Trump Jr's meeting|date=12 July 2017 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> Clients of the company have included the [[New York Friars Club]], the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, [[Steinway & Sons]], the [[Russian Tea Room]], and Azerbaijani pop star [[Emin Agalarov]]. Oui 2 assisted the [[The Trump Organization|Trump Organization]] in bringing the [[Miss Universe 2013|2013 Miss Universe Pageant]] to Moscow with Agaralov's father, billionaire [[Aras Agalarov]], as host.<ref name="GuardGoldstone" /><ref name="BBCGoldstone" /><ref name="nytimesGoldstone">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/us/politics/rob-goldstone-russia-trump.html|title=How a Pageant Led to a Trump Son's Meeting With a Russian Lawyer|first1=Megan|last1=Twohey|first2=Steve|last2=Eder|date=10 July 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/rob-goldstone-man-behind-trump-jr-meeting-music-publicist-ties-n781931 | title=Rob Goldstone: The Russia-Tied Music Publicist Behind Trump Jr. Meeting|publisher=NBC News|last=Edelman|first=Adam|date=11 July 2017|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> |
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==Meeting at Trump Tower== |
==Meeting at Trump Tower== |
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{{Main|Trump Tower meeting}} |
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On June |
On 7 June 2016, on behalf of Emin Agalarov, Goldstone e-mailed [[Donald Trump]]'s son [[Donald Trump Jr.]], to request a meeting between the younger Trump and Russian lawyer [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] (referred to in Goldstone's e-mail as a "Russian government attorney").<ref name="nytimes-read-emails-donald-trump-jr-russia-meeting">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=11 July 2017|title=Read the Emails on Donald Trump Jr.′s Russia Meeting|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/11/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-email-text.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=13 July 2017|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="nytimes-trump-jr-was-told-in-email-of-russian-effort-to-aid-campaign">{{cite news |last1=Apuzzo |first1=Matt |last2=Becker |first2=Jo |last3=Goldman |first3=Adam |last4=Haberman |first4=Maggie |date=10 July 2017 |title=Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-russia-email-candidacy.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 July 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> According to Goldstone's email, Agalarov wanted to "provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information" that would help Donald Trump's campaign and damage the campaign of his rival, [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref name="nytimes-read-emails-donald-trump-jr-russia-meeting" /> Trump Jr., replied immediately: "If it's what you say[,] I love it[,] especially later in the summer."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/trump-russia-email-clinton.html|title=Russian Dirt on Clinton? 'I Love It,' Donald Trump Jr. Said|last1=Becker|first1=Jo|date=11 July 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=20 December 2017|last2=Goldman|first2=Adam|issn=0362-4331|last3=Apuzzo|first3=Matt}}</ref> |
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At the request of |
At the request of Donald Trump, Jr., Goldstone attended the [[Trump campaign–Russian meeting|meeting]], held on 9 June 2016 at [[Trump Tower]]. The gathering included the younger Trump; Donald Trump's son-in-law, [[Jared Kushner]]; Trump's campaign manager, [[Paul Manafort]]; Aras Agaralov's employee [[Ike Kaveladze]]; Russian lawyer [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]]; former Russian counterintelligence officer [[Rinat Akhmetshin]]; and a translator.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/donald-trump-jr-meeting/index.html|title=Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room|date=15 July 2017|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/eighth-person-in-trump-tower-meeting-is-identified/2017/07/18/e971234a-6bce-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html|title=Eighth person in Trump Tower meeting is identified|last1=Helderman|first1=Rosalind S.|date=18 July 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=20 December 2017|last2=Hamburger|first2=Tom|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> |
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The existence of the meeting was reported in July 2017. Some news outlets took the meeting as evidence of |
The existence of the meeting was reported in July 2017. Some news outlets took the meeting as evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/7/14/15971498/donald-trump-jr-russia-collusion-cia-kgb|title=An ex-CIA officer: the Trump Jr. meeting shows how the Russians exploit intelligence targets|last=Illing|first=Sean|date=14 July 2017|work=Vox|accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-29|title=Rob Goldstone on Trump: 'I think he likes Russia because Russia liked him'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/29/rob-goldstone-donald-trump-jr-russia-interview|access-date=2021-12-20|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> |
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In an interview with |
In an interview with ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', Goldstone claimed: "When people said that [I was part of some Russian plot] I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. That doesn't mean that maybe there wasn't any Russian interference or Trump campaign collusion in other ways. I don't know. But I'm sure I wasn't part of it." |
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On December |
On 18 December 2017, Goldstone was interviewed by the [[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/politics/house-intelligence-goldstone-wasserman-schultz/index.html|title=House panel to interview Goldstone on Monday|author1=Jeremy Herb |author2=Manu Raju|publisher=CNN|access-date=20 December 2017}}</ref> |
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* ''Pop Stars, Pageants & Presidents: How an Email Trumped My Life'' (Oui2 Entertainment, 2018) |
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Robert Ian Goldstone (born 3 December 1960) is a British publicist, music manager, and former tabloid journalist who gained international attention for his activities during the 2016 American presidential election campaign.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Goldstone was born in Whitefield, Bury, Greater Manchester,[2] where his father was a founding member of the Hillock Hebrew Congregation. He attended Delamere Forest School in Cheshire and Heys Boys' County Secondary School in Prestwich. He left school at age 16 to become a trainee sports reporter at the Jewish Gazette.[3] He then worked for the Radcliffe Times and, later, for the Birmingham Evening Mail[2][4][5] then in the newsroom at Birmingham's BRMB Radio.
While working as a print journalist for the Australian Associated Press (AAP), Goldstone became the only journalist to travel with Michael Jackson on his 1987 Australian BAD tour.[2][4][5]
In 1987, Goldstone founded Oui 2 Entertainment, a publicity, marketing, and event-planning company.[5] Clients of the company have included the New York Friars Club, the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, Steinway & Sons, the Russian Tea Room, and Azerbaijani pop star Emin Agalarov. Oui 2 assisted the Trump Organization in bringing the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant to Moscow with Agaralov's father, billionaire Aras Agalarov, as host.[4][5][6][7]
Meeting at Trump Tower
[edit]On 7 June 2016, on behalf of Emin Agalarov, Goldstone e-mailed Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr., to request a meeting between the younger Trump and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya (referred to in Goldstone's e-mail as a "Russian government attorney").[8][9] According to Goldstone's email, Agalarov wanted to "provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information" that would help Donald Trump's campaign and damage the campaign of his rival, Hillary Clinton.[8] Trump Jr., replied immediately: "If it's what you say[,] I love it[,] especially later in the summer."[10]
At the request of Donald Trump, Jr., Goldstone attended the meeting, held on 9 June 2016 at Trump Tower. The gathering included the younger Trump; Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner; Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort; Aras Agaralov's employee Ike Kaveladze; Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya; former Russian counterintelligence officer Rinat Akhmetshin; and a translator.[11][12]
The existence of the meeting was reported in July 2017. Some news outlets took the meeting as evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.[13][14]
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Goldstone claimed: "When people said that [I was part of some Russian plot] I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. That doesn't mean that maybe there wasn't any Russian interference or Trump campaign collusion in other ways. I don't know. But I'm sure I wasn't part of it."
On 18 December 2017, Goldstone was interviewed by the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.[15]
See also
[edit]Works
[edit]- Pop Stars, Pageants & Presidents: How an Email Trumped My Life (Oui2 Entertainment, 2018)
References
[edit]- ^ Hohmann, James. "The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b c Rob Goldstone speaks out after Donald Trump Russia controversy
- ^ Keren, David (13 July 2017). "Rob Goldstone: the Jewish boy told he wouldn't succeed". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Swaine, Jon; Smith, David (10 July 2017). "Rob Goldstone: who is the man who set up Trump Jr's meeting with a Russian lawyer?". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d "Rob Goldstone: The man behind Donald Trump Jr's meeting". BBC. 12 July 2017.
- ^ Twohey, Megan; Eder, Steve (10 July 2017). "How a Pageant Led to a Trump Son's Meeting With a Russian Lawyer". The New York Times.
- ^ Edelman, Adam (11 July 2017). "Rob Goldstone: The Russia-Tied Music Publicist Behind Trump Jr. Meeting". NBC News. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Read the Emails on Donald Trump Jr.′s Russia Meeting". The New York Times. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ Apuzzo, Matt; Becker, Jo; Goldman, Adam; Haberman, Maggie (10 July 2017). "Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Becker, Jo; Goldman, Adam; Apuzzo, Matt (11 July 2017). "Russian Dirt on Clinton? 'I Love It,' Donald Trump Jr. Said". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room". CNN. 15 July 2017.
- ^ Helderman, Rosalind S.; Hamburger, Tom (18 July 2017). "Eighth person in Trump Tower meeting is identified". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Illing, Sean (14 July 2017). "An ex-CIA officer: the Trump Jr. meeting shows how the Russians exploit intelligence targets". Vox. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Rob Goldstone on Trump: 'I think he likes Russia because Russia liked him'". the Guardian. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Jeremy Herb; Manu Raju. "House panel to interview Goldstone on Monday". CNN. Retrieved 20 December 2017.