Responding to the reports that he met with a Kremlin lawyer after learning that she potentially had dirt on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. defended his actions in a tweet on Monday morning, admitting that he did take that action as a campaign official:
Obviously I'm the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent… went nowhere but had to listen. https://t.co/ccUjL1KDEa
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 10, 2017