What Are the Legal Repercussions From Donald Trump Jr.'s E-Mails?

Donald Trump Jr. has released details of an email chain that suggests he was eager to obtain potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton from a woman he thought was a lawyer working for the Russian government.

The President's son released the emails via Twitter on Tuesday in a move has sent shock waves through Washington and briefly sent U.S. financial markets lower. President Donald Trump praised his son's "transparency" while the Vice President appeared to distance himself from the meeting in a statement released by his office. 

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