The June 9 meeting involved a lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, who was described to Trump Jr.in emails as a "Russian government attorney" who had damaging information on Clinton.
The chairman of the Senate judiciary committee said Thursday that he is asking Donald Trump Jr.to testify after the President Donald Trump Jr.'s eldest son released emails showing he eagerly accepted a meeting with a Russian lawyer said to have incriminating information on Hillary Clinton during the campaign.
The president is reiterating that his son is a "wonderful young man".
Trump earlier suggested he may have known about the meeting, saying "maybe it was mentioned at some point", but nevertheless insisted he did not know what it was about.
"I keep hearing 'he'd rather have Trump.' I think probably not because what I want a strong military, she wouldn't spend the money on the military", the president said.
A lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
And, in a major twist, the American president who announced with great fanfare his decision to remove the United States from a global climate pact that Macron clearly values a great deal, Trump signaled he might be willing to re-enter it - on his terms. He took a meeting with a Russian lawyer.
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"She was here because of Lynch", Trump said.
When he was campaigning Mr Trump criticised France. Washington is scrambling. Vice President Pence's office quickly said he didn't know anything about the meeting and noted that he wasn't even in the campaign then.
"From a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting".
"Something could happen with respect to the Paris Accord", he said before following that with one of his signature lines deployed when his mind is not yet made up: "We'll see what happens".
The Russia probe includes a colorful cast of characters inside Trump Tower and around the globe, as well as US intelligence intercepts, a tangle of business ties to Russia, evidence of cyber crimes beginning in 2015, and persistent questions about Trump's unflagging affinity for Russia and for Vladimir Putin. -French "friendship" - and his with Macron - as "unbreakable", moving to his left to pat the Frenchman's arm as he said it.
"You know, you're in such great shape. beautiful", Trump told 64-year-old Brigitte Macron, who was sporting a white Louis Vuitton dress and stiletto heels, during their visit to the tomb.
However, foreign affairs expert Bertrand Badie of Sciences Po university in Paris told AFP he was very doubtful Macron would be able to influence Trump in the future.
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