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Conversation. that was mr. manafort. >> they had the impression, it appears, they were going to be told some information that you had about the dnc. how did they get that impression? >> translator: its quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. >> have you ever worked for the russian government? do you have connections to the russian government? >> translator: no. >> reporter: so there you go. she says she does not have direct contact with the krem...

Himself possibly even the president leaked information? >> so you know who leaked the information? do you have those identities? >> im asking you. >> no. im asking you. >> well, i cant answer that, sir. >> do you know? >> i know that there are people -- >> why are you making those statements? >> i know there are people within the white house who leak information on a regular basis. >> well, thats impressive. you know more than we do inside the white house a to whos doing the leaking. maybe you s...

They reporting sig citing an e- that ahead of the meeting which took place last june which was reported on by the times, the kremlin backed lawyer and basically the top of trump kp campaign, his campaign manager and son-in-law and eldest son donald jr., before that meeting took place, the business acquaintance who arranged that meeting sent an e-mail to donald trump, jr., informing him explicitly if they were going to get compromising information about hillary clinton from this meeting they shou...

Clinton, hes exposing himself to federal prosecution. its not just trump jr. its hard to believe that trump sr. didnt know about this meeting. look at whats going on. hes actively seeking information about hillary clinton. a month later he says if the russians have e-mails id sure like to see them. how does he not know that his sop, his son-in-law, and campaign manager go to a meeting with a russian about dirt on clinton? again, hes exposing -- the president himself is further implicated in coll...

>> white house correspondent jordan fabian. its good to have you with us. i wanted to ask you about how the white house is responding to these latest developments with the presidents son and in particular the russia lead story in this mornings "new york times" alleging that donald trump jr. was informed in an e-mail about a link to moscow before arranging a meeting with a kremlin connected russian lawyer about compromising information about hillary clinton. what is the white house saying, and do...

Now, thats a story. thats illegal. thats felonious. but you want to talk about a nine-month campaign to talk about some -- >> do you think -- >> can i finish? can i finish? can i finish? may i fin senate judiciary committee. >> do you think people in the white house are leaking information? please. >> now thats a story. 126 haeks, seven times more, seven times more than the obama administration and seven times more than the bush administration. but in the last nine months you and your colleagues...

United states and a foreign adversary or a representative of a foreign adversary comes to you and says we are trying to help you win -- >> that was not -- >> please, oh my god. >> propaganda. drop the propaganda. >> thats not propaganda. >> thats not what the meeting was about. that was not what was in e-mail. >> do you deny that? >> i do. absolutely. >> you do? >> colonel. colonel. >> -- the fact there was any direct saying that a foreign power is coming forward. if you look at what was said, i...

[boy] karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. back now with adam schiff who is the top democrat on the house committee. as we absorbing this information from "the new york times." they report citing an e-mail that ahead of the meeting which took place last june which was reported on by the times, the kremlin backed lawyer and basically the top of trump campaign, his campaign manager and son-in-law and eldest so...

Entire country is potentially at riting. >> the russian lawyer says they wanted the meeting so baldly, i.e. donald trump jr. or the trump campaign. they could say we wanted opposition research, wanted the dirt on hillary clinton. if they were to make that argument, what would you say from a legal perspective? >> i would say that attempting to solicit, attempted collusion is just as much of a crime as this substantive offense. so if you seek information from a foreign national, it doesnt matter w...

Fans when two days later, yep, we wanted information on her. why? explain this to me, please. >> i think you should probably ask donald trump jr., but if i was in his position i would say very simply because that meeting was not organized in good faith, the person who requested it had an ulterior motive, not from the one they indicated, which is a standard one, collecting negative information on your political opponent. every party does that. but when it turns out she hasnt got any and she wants...