Opinion Donald Trump Jr. is clamming up on Russia. Republicans may help him get away with it.

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December 7, 2017 at 10:08 a.m. EST

Donald Trump Jr's refusal to answer questions about his meeting with a Russian lawyer suggests a coverup, according to Post opinion writer Quinta Jurecic. (Video: The Washington Post)

THE MORNING PLUM:

In a closed-door interview with congressional investigators yesterday, Donald Trump Jr. refused to divulge the contents of a phone conversation with his father — that would be the president — that took place just after news broke of Trump Jr.’s now-notorious June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with a Kremlin-connected lawyer. According to reports, investigators wanted to know whether Senior and Junior discussed what happened at that meeting and how they should respond to the news of it, but Trump Jr. cited attorney-client privilege and clammed up.