--- title: Donald Trump's Sons Talk Russia Probe, New Line of Hotels description: President Trump's two oldest sons discussed the Russia probe into their father's presidential campaign and their new mid-market hotels canonical: https://time.com/4806916/donald-trump-sons-russia-probe-trump-organization/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-06T12:27:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:16:49.689Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Sons Call Russia Probe the 'Greatest Hoax of All Time' og:description: They defended their father og:url: https://time.com/4806916/donald-trump-sons-russia-probe-trump-organization/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56a7f250a196ad20/6988d04c8fd2ee67fb3575e4/donald-trump-jr-eric-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4200 og:image:height: 2363 og:image:alt: Trump International Hotel And Tower Vancouver Grand Opening og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Sons Call Russia Probe the 'Greatest Hoax of All Time' twitter:description: They defended their father twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56a7f250a196ad20/6988d04c8fd2ee67fb3575e4/donald-trump-jr-eric-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Sons Call Russia Probe the 'Greatest Hoax of All Time' > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 6, 2017 12:27 PM UTC  Eric Trump and Don Trump Jr., Executive Vice Presidents of Development and Acquisition and Development for the Trump Organization, attend the Trump International Hotel And Tower Vancouver Grand Opening on February 28, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. Eric Trump and Don Trump Jr., Executive Vice Presidents of Development and Acquisition and Development for the Trump Organization, attend the Trump International Hotel And Tower Vancouver Grand Opening on February 28, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. Phillip Chin—Getty Images for Trump Internati by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 6, 2017 12:27 PM UTC President Trump’s two oldest sons see the investigations into whether their father’s presidential campaign [colluded with Russia](http://time.com/4799869/james-comey-testimony-donald-trump/) as an effort to undermine the current administration. “It, without a question, reads and smells like a witch hunt,” Donald Trump Jr. [said](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/872055234696052737) during an interview Tuesday on _Good Morning America_. His younger brother, Eric Trump, insisted the campaign had no dealings with Russia. “It’s the greatest hoax of all time,” he said. Both men touted the [Trump Organization’s latest move](http://time.com/4169326/trump-ban-uk-free-speech/), which includes plans to expand its hotel chain with mid-market properties called the [American Idea](http://fortune.com/2017/06/05/trump-organization-hotel-chain-american-idea/). Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump credited their father’s campaign for the expansion, saying the experience of traveling through the country showed there was a “void” of hotels in smaller U.S. communities. “It has nothing to do with politics,” Trump Jr. said, dismissing the idea that a hotel chain expansion would put more scrutiny on their father’s involvement in the family business. The Trump sons revealed during the interview that they share profit reports from the Trump Organization with their father, despite President Trump’s promise to not discuss the family business while in office. “It doesn’t blur the lines. You’re allowed to show that,” Eric Trump said. He added, “Remember the President of the United States has zero conflicts of interest. 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