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Here’s what you need to know:

• Trump’s son was told of Russian plans.

Before meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer who he was told had compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father’s presidential candidacy.

The information, sent in an email by a publicist and former British tabloid reporter, was described to The Times by three people who knew about it.

A lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. said his client had done nothing wrong: “In my view, this is much ado about nothing.”