Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — A meeting between President Donald Trump’s eldest son and a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign occurred at the behest of a Moscow-based singer with family ties to Trump’s businesses, according to a participant in the talks. Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged Monday he made time for the meeting hoping to get information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. The circumstances surrounding the meeting fueled new questions about the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia, which are being scrutinized by federal and congressional investigators. Some election law experts said a discussion of potentially damaging information on Clinton could prompt scrutiny from Special Counsel Robert Mueller in light of federal laws barring foreign contributions to campaigns. Larry Noble, a former general counsel at the Federal Election Commission, said the situation ‘‘raises all sorts of red flags.’’ ‘‘You do not want your campaign to be involved with foreign nationals, period,’’ said Noble, now senior director at the Campaign Legal Center. On Monday, Trump Jr. tried to brush off the significance of the meeting, tweeting sarcastically, ‘‘Obviously I’m the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent ... went nowhere but had to listen.’’ It is unclear whether the Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, actually produced... Link to the full article to read more