Trump Jr. says 'in retrospect,' he would have handled Russia meeting 'a little differently'

Donald Trump Jr.
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Donald Trump Jr. went on Hannity Tuesday night to discuss the meeting he had in June 2016 with a Russian attorney who promised compromising information on Hillary Clinton, announcing that with his release of emails regarding the incident, "this is all of it."

Trump Jr. said when he received an email from publicist Rob Goldstone saying the Russian government wanted to help Trump and had damaging information on Clinton, sirens didn't go off. "Honestly, I don't know, this was just basic information that was going to be possibly there," he said, adding, "I wanted to hear him out and play it out and see what happens. But people are trying to reach out to you all the time with this." Trump Jr. said he had been hearing "underreported" scandals about Clinton, and when it came to the information he was going to receive, "I didn't know if there was any credibility, anything behind it. I can't vouch for the information. Someone sent me an email. I can't help what someone sends me."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.