How Miss Universe Connected Trump Jr. With Russian Lawyer

As his father often does, Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter in the wake of his headline-grabbing admission that he met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya last year after being told she had information that could help his father's campaign. 

"Obviously I'm the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent... went nowhere but had to listen," he tweeted Monday. His tweets—and the coverage—don't end there. 

The latest:

  • Politico reacts to that tweet by speaking with former GOP and Democratic campaign operations to find out just how typical it is to take such a meeting. The upshot: not very. Among those it quotes is GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, who put it like so: "When Gore campaign was sent Bush debate brief book, they called FBI. If foreign interests offer you info on former SOS, you call the FBI."

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