Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room

• We now know that there was another person at Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer last June. And that person is a former counterintelligence officer for the Soviet Union who could also currently be working for Russian intelligence, per US officials. [NBC News / Ken Dilanian, Nathash Lebedeva, and Hallie Jackson]
• His name is Rinat Akhmetshin, and he’s a Russian-American lobbyist. Today, Akhmetshin told the AP he was at the meeting, but pushed back on reports that he has worked as a spy for the Russians. (Specifically, he said he did work for Soviet counterintelligence but was never trained as a spy). [AP / Desmond Butler and Chad Day]
• Akhmetshin also told reporters about the meeting, which he described as not having much substance. He candidly told one reporter that the situation was a “clusterf***.” [Laura Rozen via Twitter]
• It’s also been reported that there were at least eight people attending the meeting, though only six have been named so far. [CNN]
• The story has changed a lot over the past week, so if you want to check the timeline for yourself, Vox’s Dara Lind has you covered. [Vox / Dara Lind]