President Trump has repeatedly lashed out with insults to defend himself as the Russia investigation unfolds. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)If the Russia scandal is nothing but a witch hunt, as President Trump so often says, it’s awfully strange that he’s going to so much trouble to cover it up. The strategy, the advisers agreed, should be for Donald Trump Jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story. President Trump personally dictated a statement that was issued after revelations that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 election. A timeline of Donald Trump Jr.'s comments and contradictions about his meeting with a Russian lawyer in June of 2016.

Source: Washington Post August 01, 2017 14:09 UTC