White House plays down Trump Jr's pre-election meeting with Russian lawyer

Donald Trump Jr. speaks in Indianapolis in May

Donald Trump Jr. speaks in Indianapolis in May Source: AAP

The White House is trying to play down revelations that Donald Trump's son met a Russian lawyer who'd promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton.The meeting took place in June last year at Trump Tower in New York, two weeks after Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination. Until the story broke in the New York Times over the weekend, key figures in the Trump administration had denied any collusion with the Russians. Greg Dyett has the details.



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