Mr Trump Jr has been the focus of a string of revelations about a meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer in 2016, billed as a part of a Russian government effort to help the Republican's White House campaign.
Revelations about the meeting have fueled congressional investigations into the nature of communication between the campaign of President Donald Trump and Russian Federation.
The meeting had been "officially accepted" by diplomatic channels, he added in comments reported by the Russia's TASS news agency."There was no secret and confidential meeting", he said. Television coverage of the dinner showed that first lady Melania Trump was seated next to Putin. After that, he shakes his fist in a side-to-side motion, nearly as if he's cheering for something. The two presidents spoke again at a dinner that evening.
Trump's administration is caught in a scandal about a series of suspicious dealings his campaign staff had with Russian officials.
Both Trump Jr and Goldstone deny that Veselnitskaya offered anything of substance, with Goldstone telling the New York Times it was "the most inane nonsense I've ever heard".
This was a breach of national security protocol, said Ian Bremner, president of the NY research and consulting firm Eurasia Group, and just plain freakish. "Fake News story of secret dinner with Putin is 'sick.' All G 20 leaders, and spouses, were invited by the Chancellor of Germany".
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There was some delay Tuesday evening before White House officials responded to accounts of the second Trump-Putin encounter in Hamburg.
Lawmakers have expressed renewed interest following Donald Trump Jr.'s revelation that he, Kushner and then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort met past year with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
The two men are expected to be questioned about allegations of collusion with Russian Federation to influence the election.
UPDATE I: 6:20 PM EDT - MSNBC reports Kushner's testimony will not be before the full Senate Intelligence Committee, but only a few members, and the meeting will be less formal than a regular open hearing.
"A conversation over dessert should not be characterized as a meeting", he said.
Mr Sessions recused himself in March from the probe into allegations of Russia's meddling in the 2016 USA presidential election and possible ties between Russians and the Trump campaign. Trump's son-in-law, and now senior adviser, Jared Kushner, attended the meeting described in Trump junior's emails, and later had to revise security clearance forms to reflect this.
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