Donald Trump Jr. told about Russian interference in email before controversial meeting: Report

Before agreeing to meet a Kremlin-linked lawyer, Donald Trump Jr. was told in an email that the attorney had damaging information about Hillary Clinton that was part of a Russian effort to help the presidential candidacy of his father, according to a report Monday night.

The New York Times reported that an email sent by Rob Goldstone, a publicist and former British tabloid reporter who helped facilitate the meeting, indicated that the Russian government was the source of the information that Trump Jr. sought. The Times said it was described the contents of the email from three people familiar with it.