Donald Trump Jr. taunts media, calls Democrats desperate over Russia meeting story

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published 11 July 2017

Donald Trump Jr. has found himself at the center of a massive unfolding controversy after reports that he met with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 for damaging information about Hillary Clinton, knowing that the source of the alleged dirt was the Kremlin. Trump Jr. has since hired a criminal defense lawyer, who said in a statement to CNN on Tuesday that the scandal is "much ado about nothing."

An active Twitter user like his father, Trump Jr. also took to Twitter to defend himself:

Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer who met with Trump Jr., denied connection to the Kremlin on Tuesday but claimed "it's quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information [about Clinton]. They wanted it so badly."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.