Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter on Tuesday, July 11, to publicly release emails in which he discussed meeting with a Russian lawyer who was connected to the government and claimed to have incriminating information on Hillary Clinton. The decision to post the emails came immediately after The New York Times contacted Trump Jr. to inform him that they would be publishing a bombshell report on the email exchange between Trump Jr. and one of his father's former business partners, publicist Rob Goldstone.
In an email to Trump Jr., Goldstone wrote, "This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." Trump Jr.'s response? "If it's what you say I love it." President Donald Trump now faces a fairly damning situation in which a member of the first family has come forward with evidence that can't be blamed on the "fake news media" or on any sort of internal leak, as the action quite clearly came from the president's son himself.
But what does this all mean, how did it happen, and how will things progress for the Trumps? Here's what we know, and we'll update this story as new information becomes available.