Special counsel Robert Mueller is planning to examine the email exchanges and subsequent meeting that have recently come to light between Donald Trump Jr. and Kremlin-linked Russian attorney, Natalia Veselnitskaya. CNN writes:
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's eldest son, Trump Jr., released an email chain showing that he agreed to meet with someone he believed to be a "Russian government attorney" last summer after receiving an email offering him "very high level and sensitive information" that would "incriminate" Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. [...]
The details of the interactions between Trump Jr., Goldstone and Veselnitskaya weren't fully known to federal investigators until recently, according to three US officials familiar with the probe. The FBI, as part of its counter intelligence probe and the investigation into Russian meddling, has scrutinized some of Donald Trump Jr.'s business dealings and meetings even before the latest meeting was disclosed, one of the US officials said.
Now, Mueller's probe will look at the meeting and email exchanges that Trump Jr. disclosed as part of its investigation, according to the US official briefed on the matter.
This is a natural outgrowth of the last few days of revelations about Don Jr.’s search for dirt on Hillary Clinton and his eagerness to take a meeting with a Russian attorney who might provide it. The contact has
raised questions about legal jeopardy for Don Jr. as well as other campaign officials.