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Donald Trump Jr

  1. first family
    Trump: People Really Like Don Jr. … When He’s Talking About MeHe praised Don Jr.’s campaigning skills, noting, “People like when he represents me in front of groups of people. I always get a favorable response.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. russia investigation
    Trump Acknowledges Son Sought Clinton Dirt From RussiansThe president says that meeting Russian officials to obtain damaging information about a political opponent is “done all the time.”
    By Chas Danner
  3. the national interest
    Liberals Are the Real Nazis, Says Donald Trump Jr. Actual Nazis Disagree.Dinesh D’Souza’s new movie tries to connect Democrats to the far right in an age when the far right vocally disagrees.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. Russian Spy Suspect Was Infiltrating Christian Right As Well As Gun GroupsThe story of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina and her live-in boyfriend Paul Erickson is quite the spy novel.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    The GOP Is a Trump Cult, Boasts Donald Trump Jr.“If it’s a cult, it’s because they like what my father is doing.” Yes, that is how cults work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. explainers
    Beyond Russia: Understanding the New Trump Campaign Collusion StoryEverything we know about the newly revealed Trump Tower meeting, the alleged collusion offer from a Gulf State emissary, and what it all might mean.
    By Chas Danner
  7. america’s sweetheart
    Don Jr. Shows Support for Team USA by Attacking Adam RipponAs the president’s son, it’s his duty to defend the vice-president against criticism from our Olympians.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. Trump Jr.: My Dad Took Pictures With Rappers, So He Can’t Be RacistIt’s like “he has black friends” but worse.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. Trump Jr. Compares Russia Investigation to McCarthyismIf you ignore every relevant fact, he’s got a point.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. Don Jr.’s Senate Testimony on Trump Tower Meeting Will Be Made PublicThe Senate Judiciary Committee is pulling back the curtain on its investigation into Russian election meddling.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  11. Bannon: I Didn’t Mean the Stuff I Said About Trump Jr.Some rare damage control from the former White House chief strategist.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. select all
    ‘The Russia Story,’ as It Happened on Social MediaHow the year’s biggest story was encountered in 2017 by rabid Democrats, recalcitrant Republicans, and everyone else on the internet
    By Jordan Larson and Max Read
  13. Donald Trump Jr. Requests Inquiry Into Intelligence Committee LeaksHis attorney sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today.
    By Yashar Ali
  14. Incorrect CNN Report on Wikileaks Provides Fuel for Pro-Trump MediaIt has not been a great week for accuracy in mainstream media.
    By Benjamin Hart
  15. russia probe
    Don Jr. Cited Attorney-Client Privilege to Avoid Discussing Talks With His DadTheir lawyers were listening to the conversation, but Democrats say that’s not how attorney-client privilege works.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. select all
    Donald Trump Jr. Definitely Meant to Fave This Tweet About Anal BleachingCharming.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  17. the national circus
    Frank Rich: The GOP Can’t Handle Moore ProblemsThe harebrained schemes of hypocritical party leaders trying to jettison the Alabaman are worthy of the Three Stooges.
    By Frank Rich
  18. Trump Encourages Elephant Hunting by Lifting Ban on Trophy ImportsThe Interior Department has scrapped an Obama-era ban on bringing elephant remains back from Zimbabwe.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. russia probe
    What We Learned From Donald Trump Jr.’s WikiLeaks MessagesTrump Jr. may have acted on WikiLeaks’ suggestions and informed other senior officials that the organization had reached out to the campaign.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. Trump’s Denials of Russian Hacking Look Pretty Darn IncriminatingIf his campaign staff suspected in 2016 that Russia stole Clinton’s emails, why wouldn’t the president take the CIA’s word for it in 2017?
    By Eric Levitz
  21. Report: Russian Lawyer Coordinated With Kremlin Before Trump Tower Meeting“More chilling evidence of Kremlin’s direct involvement,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal tweeted.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. Trump Jr. Defends Russia Meeting to Senate As Mueller Pushes for More DetailsIt was a busy day in Washington for the Russia investigation.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  23. Report: Trump’s Campaign Manager Tipped Off the Feds to Don Jr.’s Russia MeetingBloomberg says Robert Mueller is working hard to turn the former Trump campaign manager into an asset for the prosecution.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. Donald Jr., Manafort Won’t Testify in Public — or Under OathFrom must-see to can’t-see.
    By Benjamin Hart
  25. The National Enquirer Floats a New Theory: Hillary Framed Don Jr.The supermarket tabloid, run by a personal friend of Trump’s, isn’t the only media outlet turning its attention to the former secretary of State.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. Trump-Russia Scandal Could Be Trouble for ‘Putin’s Favorite Congressman’Most GOP congressmen are keeping their distance from the Trump family’s Russia scandal. That’s not an option for California’s Dana Rohrabacher.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. Eighth Person at Trump Jr. Russia Meeting NamedIke Kaveladze is an American businessman who represents the Russian real-estate development company associated with the Agalarov family.
    By Jen Kirby
  28. Spicer: Seriously, Donald Jr.’s Meeting Was About AdoptionRiiiight.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. russia investigation
    Trump’s Lawyer Falsely Suggests Secret Service to Blame for Don Jr.’s MeetingThe agency wasn’t even protecting the president’s son at the time.
    By Chas Danner
  30. russia investigation
    No, Trump Jr. Doesn’t Have a First Amendment Right to Get Russian InformationThe courts have already been pretty consistent on this issue of foreign citizens not being able to participate in America’s self-government.
    By Cristian Farias
  31. Trump Campaign Began Paying Trump Jr.’s Lawyer Weeks Before Email Story BrokeLooks like the Trump campaign thought there was something in that “nothingburger.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  32. the national interest
    The Trump Tower Russian Collusion Meeting Gets Way More SuspiciousAt this point it would take a strange coincidence for hacking not to have been discussed.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. the national interest
    Kellyanne Conway Moves the Russian Collusion Goalposts to Undisclosed LocationOld standard: There was no contact with Russia. New standard: Collusion must be “sustained, systemic, furtive.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. Former Soviet Counterintelligence Officer Met With Don Jr.When Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, she didn’t come alone.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. the national interest
    I Have Found America’s Worst ColumnistEd Rogers: lobbyist, Washington Post columnist, and Trump defender.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Senate Judiciary Committee Wants to Talk to Don Jr.It’s asking Donald Trump Jr. to testify about his meeting with the Kremlin-connected lawyer, possibly as early as next week.
    By Jen Kirby
  37. denials
    Trump Suggests Putin Wanted Clinton to Win, Though Son’s Emails Say the OppositeMaybe Goldstone referred to “Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump” because he didn’t want to be rude.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. the national circus
    Watching the Downfall of a Presidency in Real TimeTrump Jr.’s emails may or may not be the “smoking gun.” But what seems clear is that this is only the beginning of what investigators could uncover.
    By Frank Rich
  39. the national interest
    Conservatives Confident Trump Is No Longer Lying About RussiaThe most recent fallback position is probably true, right?
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. Trump Jr. Tells Hannity He Saw Meeting As ‘Opposition Research’ (From Russia)Unsurprisingly, Hannity didn’t press him on the part where he was told the Russian government wanted to influence the election.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. q&a
    Election Law Expert Robert Bauer on What Don Jr.’s Emails Mean for the PresidentA Q&A with the former White House counsel on what crimes may have been committed, how it affects the Russia probe, and the implications for Trump.
    By Lily Carollo
  42. the law
    Don Jr. Won’t Face ‘Collusion’ Charge, But Team Trump May Be in Legal TroubleHis interest in obtaining damaging Clinton information may violate several laws against campaigns working with foreign powers.
    By Cristian Farias
  43. White House: The Real Story of Don Jr.’s Emails Is That Democrats Are BadThe administration is already brainstorming how they can spin this into a “conversation” about Clinton’s mishandling of “sensitive intelligence.”
    By Eric Levitz
  44. The ‘Did They Collude’ Debate Is Over. The Only Question Now Is How Much.We’ve gone from evidence of collusion to proof.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. The Least the GOP Can Do Now Is Demand Jared Kushner’s ResignationKushner attended a meeting that was explicitly framed as an opportunity to benefit from Russian meddling. And he still has a security clearance.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. Trump Jr. Emails Confirm He Was Solicited With Info to ‘Incriminate Hillary’“This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”
    By Jen Kirby
  47. Trump’s Big Political Asset Is Supporters Who Believe Any Negative News Is FakeGOP “base” voters have long regarded the media as “biased” allies of their enemies. It’s taken Trump to convince them any bad news is just made up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Russian Lawyer: Donald Trump Jr. Wanted Dirt on DNC ‘So Badly’The Kremlin-linked lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. claims that he was desperate for dirt on Clinton — but she had none to give.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. How Trump’s Russian Business Ties Led to Don Jr. Meeting a Kremlin-Linked LawyerIt involves a beauty pageant, a Russian pop star, and Trump’s decades-old dream of building in Moscow.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. Email to Don Jr. Said Russian Government Was Trying to Help Campaign: ReportSources say before meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer, he was told the dirt she had on Hillary Clinton was part of a larger Russian effort.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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