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Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators September 7 that he was skeptical about a June 2016 meeting with a Russian attorney that promised to deliver dirt on Hillary Clinton – but decided to go in case it revealed information concerning Clinton’s “fitness” to be president.

“To the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, I believed that I should at least hear them out,” the president’s eldest son told investigators for the Senate Judiciary Committee in a statement released by the Trump Organization.

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