Here's what Trump is really defending when he defends Trump Jr.'s meeting

President Trump, who last August boasted "I'm not a politician," defended his son's decision to meet with a Russian lawyer to get incriminating information about Hillary Clinton as being what "most politicians" would have done:

Not everyone was buying Trump's defense. As elections expert Brian Klaas understood it:

And as MSNBC's Kyle Griffin noted: "The Gore campaign was given the Bush campaign's debate prep book in 2000. They called the FBI."

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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.