Donald Jr. knew of Kremlin effort before meeting: NYT
By Reuters
11 July 2017 |
1:00 pm
The New York Times reports that Donald Trump Jr. was told in an email before meeting a Russian lawyer that Moscow was behind efforts to help his father's election campaign.
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