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Magnitsky act and they were presenting some information that really wasnt of much use to the trump campaign. and what intelligence experts tell me is that may well be true, but the point was the russian government sent them there, according to the e-mail under which the meeting was set up, with an explicit promise of help and of derogatory information about hillary clinton. so they may have been patsies, many intelligence experts say, for a russian operation that was designed to see whether the ...

Connect officials to putin. dearborn, now the presidents chief of staff, that person who was identified in dearborns e-mail was really only identified as being from "w.v.," a clear reference to the state of west virginia. its unclear who that person is, what exactly they want, whether or not dearborn acted on the request. dearborn would not respond to requests for comment. one source said w.v. had political connections in west virginia. the same source said dearborn in the e-mail appeared skepti...

Russian ambassador attended. the question is whether he had any role of setting those up. >> this is not the first e-mail. we learned about how does it fit together? as you said, its around the same time. >> thats right. intelligence experts say the request made by this unidentified west virginia fits a pattern of russians trying to gather human intelligence. as we know, the donald trump, jr. meeting occurred around that time frame, as well as an effort by trump campaign adviser named george pop...

2016 campaign event at the mayflower hotel that kislyak attended and jeff sessions attended. the question is whether or not mr. dearborn had any role in setting those up as well. >> this is not the first e-mail weve learned about. as you said, its around the same time. >> thats right. intelligence experts say that the request made by the unidentified west virginia really fits a pattern of russians trying to gather human intelligence, and seeking unwitting partners as part of these covert operati...

What can you tell us about that? >> thats right, don. the deputy white house chief of staff and was a top trump policy adviser sent an e-mail to trump campaign officials saying that someone from, quote, wv, was trying to set up a meeting with campaign officials. this is one of thousands this of e-mails that congressional investigators are pouring through as it relates to the russia program. we dont know who this individual from west virginia is and what he or she may have been seeking or whether...

Individual from one virginia is or what he or she may have been seeking. we do know from intelligence experts says russia was looking for cooperative partners as industry points into the campaign. we dont know what happened here because the warehouse declined to comment and answer a slew of questions we had. were trying to figure that out as the inversion pushing forward. >> manu give us a sense of context here. when was all this happening and was it related to the meeting we now know took place...

Identified as being from "w.v.," which one source told us clear reference to the state of west virginia. its unclear what they wanted, whether or not dearborn acted on the request. dearborn would not respond to the request for comment. the white house refused to comment. one source did say that the individual, w.v., had political connections in west virginia. the source said dearborn in the e-mail appeared skeptical of the meeting. this appears to intelligence experts to fit a pattern of russian...

Meeti meeting involving trump jr. and kushner. it eesz unclear if this e-mail had any connection to that meeting. intelligence experts say this fits a pattern of russians gathering human intelligence and an attempt to gain an entry point into the campaign. rick dearborn who is now the presidents deputy chief of staff didnt respond to comment. when it comes to the white house, they wouldnt comment on any leaked documents. this is a point in the russian probe. the question being, did the campaign ...

The e-mail from rick dearborn and the request from an unknown individual came in june, 2016, around the same time of the meeting at trump tower where don jr. was promised damaging information on hillary clinton. its unclear if the latest e-mail had any connection with the meeting. what is important is intelligence experts say it fits a pattern of russians trying to gather human intelligence from the campaign and an attempt to gain an entry point into the campaign to see if there are willing part...

Retaliating for u.s. sanctions on russia. >> translator: i thought it was time for us to show that we will not leave this without an answer. >> reporter: putin announces u.s. diplomatic missions in russia will be cut by 755 people, a huge chunk of the staffs at the u.s. embassy and consulates. the kremlin also plans to confiscate two properties operated by the u.s. government in russia, a storage facility in moscow and a country house outside the city. tonight veteran spies warn if american dipl...