Email to Trump Jr. Says Clinton Info Was Part of Moscow’s Trump Support
President’s son was told information would incriminate Hillary Clinton
The emails also appear to contradict statements by members of the campaign that they were unaware of a Russian effort to support Mr. Trump in the 2016 election. During the campaign and since his election victory, Mr. Trump repeatedly praised Mr. Putin and cast doubt on the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia sought to interfere in the election. Last week, he said in Warsaw: “Nobody knows for sure.”
In a July 24, 2016, interview with CNN, the younger Mr. Trump said the charge that Russia had mounted a campaign to help his father was “so phony.”