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Donald Trump Jr. Meeting Included Second Russian

The president's son did not disclose the presence of Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian-American lobbyist, when he provided statements and emails about the meeting to the media earlier this week.
Donald Trump Jr. met with two Russians in an effort to gather opposition research into Hillary Clinton last June. / Richard Drew / Shutterstock.com

Updated at 11:23 a.m. ET

When Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer last June at Trump Tower to gather information on Hillary Clinton for his father's presidential campaign, it's now clear there was at least one more Russian in as a Russian-American lobbyist named Rinat Akhmetshin.

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