mr trump's son, donald junior, during the campaign. this is the man being identified as having been part of the meeting: he's rinat akhmet—shin, now an americanen, working as a lobbyist. he says he was present when mr trump junior met a russian lawyer, but mr akhmet—shin denies having any links now with russian intelligence. donald junior didn't mention him when he confirmed he'd been present at the meeting. but a lawyer for the president's son has now said he didn't know anything about mr akhmet—shin‘s background at the time. our correspondent in washington david willis has the latest. this new development adds another wrinkle to if you like the evolving account given by the trump team of that meeting at trump tower last june. rinat akhmetshin, the soviet officer, was formally part of the soviet military and counter intelligence, but he denies being part of russia counter intelligence operations at the moment. he is a us citizen and washington lobbyist. he has confirmed to several outlets here that he was present at that meeting with donald jr and two other senior officials of the trump campaign team, along with a russian lawyer, natalia ves