washington u.s. secret service sunday deny suggestion president donald trump personal lawyer vet meet president son russian nationals 2016 campaign donald trump jr. acknowledge meet new york russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya tell might damage information father rival democrat hillary clinton well wonder secret service nefarious secret service allow people president secret service protection point raise question jay sekulow member president legal team say sunday abc news program week email response question sekulow comment secret service spokesman mason brayman say young trump secret service protection time meet include trump son two senior campaign officials donald trump jr. protectee usss june 2016. thus would screen anyone meet time statement say accord email release trump jr. last week eagerly agree meet veselnitskaya tell russian government lawyer veselnitskaya say private lawyer deny kremlin tie friday nbc news report lobbyist soviet counter-intelligence officer participate meet also attend trump son-in-law jar kushner president former campaign manager paul manafort meet appear tangible evidence connection trump election campaign russia subject prompt investigations congressional committees federal special counsel moscow deny interference president trump jr. deny collusion sekulow comment secret service draw quick criticism include frances townsend advise former republican president george w. bush homeland security ok let try deflect blame throw secretservice protect potus realdonaldtrump flotus family bus say twitter secret service mission provide physical protection u.s. president agency also protect major presidential candidates role vet people meet u.s. president candidates limit ensure physical safety trump say unaware meet son russian lawyer days ago president aware meet participate meet sekulow tell cbs program face nation sekulow add trump aware meet campaign staff russians federal special counsel several congressional panel investigate allegations u.s. intelligence agencies russia meddle 2016 u.s. presidential election hurt clinton help trump also investigate potential connections russian officials trump campaign senator mark warner top democrat one panel investigate matter senate intelligence committee tell cnn level credibility senior level administration really suspect warner say want hear everyone attend june 2016 meet whether able get russian nationals come testify open question people committee jurisdiction americans sure heck want talk warner say u.s. secret service reject suggestion vet trump son 's meet