Trump calls his son ‘innocent’ despite his engaging with Russia
Washington — On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump defended his eldest son as "innocent" following e-mails that showed Donald Trump Jr welcomed Russian help against his father’s rival in the 2016 presidential election, deepening the controversy over purported Russian meddling. Trump Jr released a series of e-mails on Tuesday that revealed he had eagerly agreed to meet a 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. In a Fox News TV interview later on Tuesday Trump Jr, said: "In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently." The president, after initially releasing a statement on Tuesday calling his son "high-quality", praised the TV appearance and repeated his condemnation of investigations and media coverage of the Russia investigations. "He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history...
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