Analysis Here are the times that Trump allies have denied or obscured links to Russian agents

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News that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-linked attorney last June evolved quickly over the weekend.

When the story was first broken by the New York Times on Saturday, the president’s son explained that the subject of the meeting — also attended by his brother-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort — was “adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government.” Since it was “not a campaign issue at the time,” there was no follow-up.

But that wasn’t the full story. It later emerged that this issue of adoptions — itself actually an issue related to anti-Russia sanctions — was secondary to the original intent of the meeting. Trump Jr.’s second explanation, offered on Sunday, made that clear.

“I was asked to have a meeting by an acquaintance I knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant with an individual who I was told might have information helpful to the campaign,” it read. But the information the lawyer claimed to have, alleging improper behavior by the Hillary Clinton campaign, didn’t pan out. The point of the meeting, Trump Jr. figured out, was that issue of adoptions after all.

In other words, the attorney, Natalia Veselnitskaya, wanted a meeting with Trump campaign officials at Trump Tower to discuss the sanctions against Russia — and used the lure of negative information about Clinton to get it.

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[cyclonefence]

1. Yup. Don Jr. is so ill-informed

that he didn't realize that the adoption issue was in itself a hot potato. Yet he felt confident enough in his awesome abilities as a negotiator to deal productively with the Russian pro. Score another one for Dunning-Kruger.

[leftstreet]

2. I think you're right

I bet Kushner and Manfort knew exactly what was going on

But Jr. seems as arrogant and stupid as his dad

[bettyellen]

3. I think he knew enough to know they were connected to sanctions and I dont think it matters if he's

Ignorant about that being illegal to discus dealing w them. He knew enough to hide that info. I'm sick of hearing they are stupid or forgetful, they knew it was wrong.