Donald Trump’s eldest son enthusiastically welcomed a purported offer of Russian government help to undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign in the 2016 presidential race, according to an email exchange he released yesterday.
The emails between Donald Trump Jr and Robert Goldstone, a PR executive and acquaintance, show Mr Goldstone claiming to be in touch with Russian businessmen who were offering “high level and sensitive information” damaging to Mrs Clinton from Russian prosecutors. "If it’s what you say I love it," Mr Trump Jr wrote in response.
Mr Trump Jr’s admission marks a significant escalation in the controversy over whether the Trump campaign colluded with a Moscow-directed effort to undermine Mrs Clinton.