Trump confesses: Don Jr. attended Russian meeting “to get information on opponent”

The admission follows months of claiming “no collusion” No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Monday, August 6  TRUMP CONFESSES: CAMPAIGN DID TRY AND COLLUDE President Donald Trump appeared to confess to attempted campaign collusion with Russia Sunday, tweeting that his “wonderful” son Don Jr. attended the infamous Trump Tower meeting “to get information on an opponent.” Trump has posted statements on Twitter insisting there was “NO COLLUSION” with Russia at least 40 times, and made the same assertion in Helsinki last month standing next to the man who led the election interference to help Trump win, Russian President Vladimir Putin. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] TRUMP ‘WORRIED’ SON IN LEGAL JEOPARDY According to a report in The Washington Post, Trump’s unexpected Twitter admission was prompted by a fear that his son is in legal jeopardy over the meeting with the Russians. 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