washington u.s. president donald trump dictate statement late show mislead son donald trump jr. say meet russian lawyer june 2016 relate father presidential campaign washington post report monday trump jr. release email early july show eagerly agree last year meet woman tell russian government lawyer might damage information democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton part moscow official support father new york time first report meet washington post say trump advisers discuss new disclosure agree trump jr. issue truthful account episode repudiate late full detail emerge president fly home germany july change plan personally dictate statement trump jr. say russian lawyer primarily discuss program adoption russian children post say cite unnamed people knowledge deliberations say statement issue new york time prepare publish story emphasize subject meet campaign issue time attorney trump jay sekulow issue statement response post report apart consequence characterizations misinform inaccurate pertinent white house immediately respond reuters request comment post story trump jr. attorney alan futerfas u.s. investigators probe whether collusion kremlin trump republican presidential campaign u.s. intelligence agencies conclude moscow seek hurt clinton help trump 2016 election russia deny interference trump deny collusion russia.the president applaud son transparency release email exchange july 11 remain unclear exactly much president know time flight trump jr. meet washington post say david sklansky professor criminal law stanford law school say trump report post help craft mislead public statement meet may bolster potential obstruction justice case build criminal obstruction justice case federal law require prosecutors show person act corrupt intent mislead public statement could use evidence corrupt intent sklansky say lie usually crime say could relevant determine whether something else president like fire former fbi director jam comey do corruptly trump dictate mislead statement son 's meet russian washington post