“ i think many people would have held that meeting , ” trump said .
in some cases , the russians in the overheard conversations talked about meetings held outside the u.s. involving russian government officials and trump business associates or advisers , these ...
“ many people , and suggested he might not defend nato allies that did not spend enough money on their own security .
” the emails were the most concrete evidence that trump campaign officials might
a white house official said the president ’s eldest son met with a russian lawyer .
seated at his oval office desk , trump said he did not fault his son for holding the meeting , writing it off as a decision made in the heat of an upstart , non - traditional campaign .
by happenstance or not , in the days and weeks after the meeting with the russian lawyer , emails purloined from democratic computers were made public , which investigators tied to russian hacking .
as a candidate , the elder mr. trump , who had expressed admiration of president vladimir v. putin of russia , took positions that summer that caused head scratching .
” ( transcript highlights : reut.rs2srvuhc ) trump jr. eagerly agreed to meet the woman he was told was a russian government lawyer who might have damaging information about democratic rival hillary clinton as part of moscow ’s official support for his father ’s campaign , according to emails the son released on tuesday .