Article snippet: MORE's Russia investigation. Trump’s Sunday tweet provided the clearest sign yet the president misled the public last year when he dictated a statement saying the meeting between his eldest son and a Kremlin-connected lawyer was related to Russian adoptions — and not about gathering dirt on Democratic nominee MORE. “It does heighten the special counsel’s interest in an interview with the president,” said Robert Ray, former independent counsel during the Clinton-era Whitewater probe. Sunday’s tweet was not the first time that Trump has said the June 2016 meeting was about Clinton, but legal experts say the timing and the direct nature of his latest comments are significant. “It was explicit,” said Randall Eliason, a former assistant U.S. attorney. “[Trump is] really clearly abandoning any pretense that the meeting was about anything else or that they didn’t know what the meeting was about.” The meeting is a central focus in Mueller’s probe into whether the Trump campaign cooperated with Moscow’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. It involved top-level campaign officials, including MORE, meeting with Kremlin emissaries at a pivotal moment of the campaign. Even if he decides to file a report with Congress and not bring criminal charges against the president, Mueller will be interested in hearing Trump’s account of what he knew about the meeting and his reasons for making conflicting statements about it. Trump’s legal team has repeatedly caution... Link to the full article to read more