Donald Trump, Jr.

…reportedly characterized the meeting of Donald Trump, Jr., with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” In early January 2018 the outraged president lashed out at Bannon (whom he began calling “Sloppy Steve”), saying that Bannon had nothing to do with his presidency and that when Bannon…

…Jared Kushner and Trump’s son Donald, Jr., had met secretly in Trump Tower with a lawyer associated with the Russian government. In response, Donald, Jr., issued a statement in which he claimed that the meeting had primarily concerned adoptions of Russian children by Americans and that he had not known…

…Rudy Giuliani and Trump’s sons Donald, Jr., and Eric, among others. In his own address, which began at about noon, Trump repeated well-worn falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the stolen election; called on Pence to block Congress’s confirmation of the electoral college vote—declaring that, if Pence failed to act, the…