On Thursday, Donald Trump Jr. informed the participants in the Senate investigation that he had appointed a meeting in June 2016 for a Russian female lawyer because he was intrigued that she might have malicious information about Hillary Clinton saying that it was important to learn about the " fitness "Clinton to the presidential office, reports The New York Times.

But, he said, nothing happened from the meeting in Trump Tower, and he was absolutely sure that he had never been an accomplice in the Russian government's campaign to undermine last year's presidential elections.

Within five hours, investigators from the Senate Judiciary Committee were actively questioning Trump on numerous topics related to the meeting with a Russian lawyer, reads the article.

In his prepared comments to Congress on Thursday, Trump Jr. stated that he initially doubted when he heard that Russian lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya could have information compromising Clinton. Despite his interest, he said, he always intended to consult with lawyers about the appropriateness of using any information that Veselnitskaya, who had connections with the Kremlin, provided to him at the meeting.

On Thursday, Trump Jr. explained his decision to agree to this meeting as a result of the fact that his father's headquarters were acting rather chaotically, relying on intuition rather than an attempt to collude with Russia.

He told the investigation participants that his father's election campaign had absorbed all his time. "I've never worked in the campaign headquarters before, and it was a grueling, all-consuming, life-changing experience. Every day I answered dozens, if not hundreds of emails and phone calls, "he said..

The authors comment: "He is the second person associated with the Trump campaign, which told the participants in the Congressional investigation that the headquarters was, in fact, too inexperienced and unfamiliar with politics to develop a master strategy, not to mention co-ordinating actions with the Russian government. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, described a similar picture during an interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee ".

"In his statement, Trump Jr. said that he had some doubts about the proposal of the organizer of the meeting in June 2016, Rob Goldstone.

This, he said, "colorful" music promoter, whom he met through the son of a Russian oligarch, asked him to agree to a meeting that suggested obtaining potentially discrediting Clinton information, "- said the publication.

"Since I did not have any additional information to confirm what Rob said, I did not quite understand what to do in connection with his e-mail," he said.. "I did not have the opportunity to assess the reliability, reliability and accuracy of everything he was talking about".

"As it later turned out, my skepticism was justified," added Trump. - The meeting did not give any meaningful information and was not related to what was promised ".