▁of ▁Trump ▁Jr .' s ▁public ly ▁dis closed ▁emails ▁that ▁the ▁Russian ▁government ▁was ▁involved . ▁Robert ▁Mu eller , ▁the ▁special ▁coun sel ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁Russia - related ▁investig ations , ▁investig ated ▁the ▁emails ▁and ▁the ▁meeting . ▁Although ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁la ud ed ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁for ▁his ▁trans par ency , ▁he ▁released ▁the ▁e - mail s ▁only ▁after ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁had ▁informed ▁him ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁them ▁and ▁were ▁going ▁to ▁publish ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁them . ▁ ▁Me eting ▁with ▁G ulf ▁states ▁em iss ary ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁had ▁a ▁meeting ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁with ▁em iss ary ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁Arab ▁Em ir ates ▁and ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁who ▁offered ▁help ▁to ▁the ▁Trump ▁president ial ▁campaign . ▁The ▁meeting ▁included ▁Jo el ▁Zam el , ▁an ▁Isra eli ▁special ist ▁in ▁social ▁media ▁manip ulation ; ▁George ▁N ader , ▁an ▁en voy ▁representing ▁the ▁crown ▁princes ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Arab ▁Em ir ates ▁and ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ; ▁and ▁American ▁business man ▁Erik ▁Prince . ▁ ▁Cor respond ence ▁and ▁Wik i Le aks ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁news ▁broke ▁that ▁Julian ▁Ass ange ▁had ▁used ▁the ▁Wik i Le aks ▁Twitter ▁account ▁to ▁correspond ed ▁with ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁president ial ▁election . ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁had ▁already ▁provided ▁this ▁correspond ence ▁to