Trump Lawyer Sekulow said, "I do want to be clear -- that the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. It came from Donald Trump Jr. So that’s what I can tell you because that’s what we know."

UPDATE: During today's WH press briefing, Sarah Huckabee Sanders just admitted to the press that President Trump did weigh on on his son's statement about his meetign with Russian operatives.

The seven steps of Donald Trump crisis management:
1. Lie
2. Lie
3. Lie
4. Lie
5. Lie
6. Lie
7. Do something incredibly stupid that incriminates you, and then lie again all over again.

Rinse and repeat.