President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that his son Donald Trump Jr. was "innocent" in the wake of revelations that Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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TRUMP: My son is 'innocent'
'My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!'
Then-President-elect Donald Trump speaks with his son Donald Trump Jr. during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan on January 11, 2017.
"My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!" Trump tweeted.
Trump was referring to a Tuesday-night interview of his son by Fox News host Sean Hannity. In the interview, Trump Jr. said he "probably would have done things a little differently" after an explosive series of New York Times reports detailed a meeting between him and a Russian lawyer in which he hoped to gain damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
In email correspondence released Tuesday, he was told that a Russian official had "offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father."
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An email from the publicist who helped arrange the meeting described the information offered as being "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." That prompted Trump Jr. to respond that "if it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer."
The president sent out a few other tweets Wednesday morning defending his son, including a retweet of Fox News in which host Jesse Watters says, "I believe Don Jr. is the victim here."
Trump also took a shot at the news media, one of his favorite targets.
"Remember, when you hear the words 'sources say' from the Fake Media, often times those sources are made up and do not exist," Trump tweeted.
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