Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said Tuesday it's important to be transparent after a report that President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE dictated a misleading statement about his eldest son's meeting last year with a Russian lawyer.

"It's always best to have the maximum amount of transparency on any issue that is before you, as it obviously played out in this particular case with the few days in a row of the story coming out," Zeldin said on CNN's "New Day."

His comments come after The Washington Post reported that the president dictated a statement from Donald Trump Jr. about his meeting with a Russian lawyer.

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Trump reportedly dictated the statement on July 8, while he was en route back to the U.S. from the Group of 20 summit in Germany.

The statement said the meeting was "not a campaign issue at the time." It said the topic primarily had been Russian adoption policy.

But shortly after, Trump Jr. released an email thread detailing his conversations setting up the meeting with the Russian lawyer, whom he was told had compromising information on then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE.

Zeldin pointed out that the Post report said it is not known what Trump knew at the time about the Trump Jr. meeting.

"I would be really interested in knowing what the president knew at that time," Zeldin said.

"The president dictated a statement and obviously as it played out over the course of a few days, it's good to provide maximum amount of information up front."