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Should be total transparency when it comes to this hearing. cnn senior correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill with more on this. manu, whats happening? >> reporter: for the first time, kate, that peter strzok has come before congress about the messages he exchanged with lisa page, some decidedly anti-trump messages and the lawmakers will undoubtedly want to hear what provoked him to send the messages as well as things in the i.g. report about whether or not there was uncertainty his dec...

Associated with the president, donald trump, who are known to have been in contact with russians during the campaign or the transition. 13 of them. talking to russians. the same campaign the russians hacked and attempted to sabotage. the latest additions to the list are roger stone, infamous dirty trickster, long-time trump confidant, and michael caputo, a trump campaign communications official. they acknowledged to the "washington post" that back in may 2016 stone met with a russian man who off...

Ive got a pretty shocking figure for you. there are now at least 13 people associated with the president, donald trump, who are known to have been in contact with russians during the campaign or the transition. 13 of them. talking to russians. the same campaign the russians hacked and attempted to sabotage. the latest additions to the list are roger stone, infamous dirty trickster, long-time trump confidant, and michael caputo, a trump campaign communications official. they acknowledged to the "...

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Lets go to sara murray. this previously undisclosed meeting is on robert muellers radar. right? >> reporter: thats right. a colleague of roger stone was questioned about this when he went in for his interview with robert mueller. what we see is another pattern, another notch in this pattern of trump associates, even family members having to explain a meeting with a russian that they previously failed to disclose. another longtime trump adviser and previously undisclosed meeting with a russian pr...

Roger stone, a trump campaign operative and long time trump con fidaunt is admitting to meeting with a russian. stone said he met in may 2016 with the russian. he was offering dirt on hillary clinton. sounds familiar, for $2 million. how much jeopardy is he in here for failing to disclose this? >> we now know this is something that the special counsel robert mueller has been investigating and asking questions of. how all this came about is important to know. michael caputto said he set this up. ...

Hill, they say both roger stone and michael caputtos lawyers are trying to claim this is a set up by the fbi that this russian may have been an fbi plant. this meeting that took place in may 2016 is two months before the fbi started investigating the trump campaign for potential russian collusion so that is sort of questionable. certainly not telli members of the hill, misleading them could potentially cause jeopardy for both of them. >> the other big issue here is it is yet another russia meeti...

Every to set up the campaign -- effort to set up the campaign. boris sanchez has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, michael caputo and roger stone have long denied any contact with russian nationals in the 2016 campaign, in separate letters to the house committee over the weekend, they acknowledge there was a may 2016 meeting between roger stone and russian national henry greenburg. he was promising dirt on hillary clinton in exchange for $2 million. both men claim...

Offering dirt on hillary clinton in exchange for $2 million. the offer not accepted, stone says. the meeting was set up by trump campaign aide michael caputo. but if you ask them today, they say the russian in question was actually an fbi informant. what? shimon prokupecz is joining me now. what is going on? >> reporter: just, more questions about potentially another russian having meetings with someone that is associated with the campaign. this meeting took place as we say during the campaign, ...

2016. neither pen disclosed the discussion tinvestigators. they now claim they were being set up. he had provided information to the fbi for 17 years according to the washington post. in the filing he said he had stopped his cooperation sometime after 2013. greenburg denied to the post that he had been denied when he met with stone. the fbi declined to comment. he said he was asked about the meeting but by robert muellers prosecuto prosecutors. the may 2016 meeting came a few weeks after george ...