11 Jul 2017 3:41 pm
Fredo says he put out his emails in an effort to be transparent.
His daddy applauded his son's transparency.
All of this newly found effort to be transparent came just before Fredo learned that the NY Times was about to publish a story reporting on the content of the emails.
His daddy applauded his son's transparency.
All of this newly found effort to be transparent came just before Fredo learned that the NY Times was about to publish a story reporting on the content of the emails.
New York Times story triggered the release of Trump Jr. emails.
Donald Trump Jr. said he released damaging emails about meeting "a Russian government attorney" to be "totally transparent."
The real story is more complicated -- and, it seems, more self-serving.
The New York Times had already reviewed copies of the emails and asked Trump Jr. to comment when he decided to tweet out pictures of the email exchange.
Trump Jr.'s tweets came out, seemingly out of nowhere, at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday.
By then, the Times was already on the verge of publishing.
The newsroom already had a full story ready to go, so it hit publish a few minutes later.
A news alert sent by the paper came out at 11:10 a.m.
Staffers at the Times confirmed that they believe Trump Jr.'s release was triggered by their reporting.
"@DonaldJTrumpJr posted these emails after being informed that The New York Times was doing a story on them," deputy managing editor Clifford Levy tweeted.