washington white house say tuesday u.s. president donald trump role produce statement son deny meet russian lawyer relate 2016 presidential campaign comment late show mislead white house spokeswoman sarah sanders tell brief trump certainly dictate statement ... weigh offer suggestion like father would do statement issue true inaccuracies statement sanders say even though email late release donald trump jr. show subject meet possible damage information republican trump rival presidency democrat hillary clinton washington post report monday trump advisers discuss statement meet 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 unidentified people knowledge deliberations trump jr. release email july show eagerly agree last year meet woman tell russian government lawyer might damage information clinton part moscow official support father new york time first report meet trump tower new york version story refiled add drop quote paragraph trump 'weighed son 's russia attorney statement white house