are you a smart man? i have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. donald trump insisted that he had no deals in russia over the last two years, but after michael cohen s plea agreement with the special counsel this week, we know that his company was secretly pushing a deal for a trump tower in moscow as late as june of 2016. and as more information comes to light, trump continues to move the goalpost. joining me now, e.j. dionne, washington post columnist and co-author of one nation under trump. msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, nigh ra hack, and maria teresa kumar, ceo and president of voto latino. before i get your reactions to yet another rachel maddow epic explanation of what was going on, i want to play what congressman adam schiff had to play on this week with george stephanopoulos about michael cohen s plea this week. let s take a listen to this, first. when this came to light, the kremlin intervened.