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.
It is not clear how Mr. Dearborn handled the outreach. He forwarded a similar proposal, made through Rick Clay, an advocate for conservative Christian causes, to Jared Kushner. Mr. Kushner rebuffed the proposal at the time, according to two people who have seen Mr. Kushner’s email./
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/