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Done at the behest of a foreign power, would it then be illegal? >> yes. >> simon was born in russia, to jewish parents in 1946. he worked hard in school and earned a ph.d. in chemistry from this prestigious university in moscow. once he graduated in the 70s, he didnt want to stay put in the soviet union. he wanted something bigger and better. so he did something few highly trained russian scientists were allowed to do in the 1970s. he moved here to houston, texas. and joined the booming local o...

Congratulations on a great spot you just did. >> im happy to hear you say that, im curious to hear your thoughts. what do you think about what we uncovered about simon kukis. >> you know, thats just another piece in a mosaic that continues to grow. and it fits in with a pattern of big money rolling into trumps coffers during the campaign and after the campaign into the inaugural fund. you talked about the amount of money that kukis gave in january of 2017, a few months later, now were talking ab...

Thousands of dollars to donald trumps 2016 run. that got him and his russian girlfriend right up close to the future president. in political circles, no one had ever heard of simon kukis before. >> hes been an american citizen for decades and hes never given a political con contribute use. >> robert mcguire worked at the center for responsive politics. >> suddenly he starts giving to trump allied joint fund-raising committees. and to the trump campaign itself. >> mcguire and his team tracked don...

You try to find other e-mails, if these e-mails exist, there might be other e-mails out there in the same chain or that go later or earlier, and these are things you can bear down on, depending how far robert mueller wants to go in chasing the russian money trail into the trump campaign, and theres a whole other russian money trail over the years into trumps businesses. we just dont yet have a strong indication whether mueller is including both those money trails in his ongoing investigation. >>...

Plan in action, and its going to work. this guy is going to win. our guy is going to win. >> why send the boat toe? >> the photo is basically what we might call proof that i really can produce what im saying i can produce. here i am with giuliani. >> we talked to giuliani, he doesnt remember meeting simon kukis. we looked at the photos metadata, it was taken on august 13th, 2016. when giuliani attended a fund-raiser hosted by woody johnson at his mansion in the hamptons. guests paid up to $25,00...

>> so much for western rules and standards. >> simon was there with the guys with the machine guns. and the canadian workers, a number of whom i have spoken to sid they were given the opportunity to stay there at a report to kukis under his control or they could leave. >> marks lut dragged out for 13 years. in the process he got his hands on an incredible piece of evidence. >> we got a document that was stamped secret from the cia literally it just came in an envelope in the mail. 2 was astoundi...

Help president trump? >> absolutely. after reading this e-mail exchange, i have nary a doubt. >> we wanted to ask simon kukis about his background and this mysterious e-mail exchange. why was he offering political briefings to a russian official. and why did he send those photos? was he just bragging? look at how close i got to a presidential candidate or was there more to it? unfortunately, he wouldnt talk to us, he did send us an e-mail. he thought donations would help him make contacts in hou...

In conjunction with the guardian newspaper. in politics, money buys access. and simon kukis got his moneys worth. the russian-born american businessman donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to donald trumps 2016 run. that got him and his young russian girlfriend right up close to the future president. in political circles, no one had ever heard of simon kukes before. >> hes an american citizen and hes never given a political contribution. >> robert meyer works at the center for wisconsin po...

In politics, money buys access. and simon kukis got his moneys worth. the russian-born american businessman donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to donald trumps 2016 run. that got him and his young russian girlfriend right up close to the future president. in political circles, no one had ever heard of simon kukes before. >> hes an american citizen and hes never given a political contribution. >> robert meyer works at the center for wisconsin politics. >> suddenly he starts giving to trump ...

And blavotnik -- they are two of three donors that important. simon kukis is forgotten here. he was born in russia. came to america in the 1970s. he gave gave a reason to tricks. he has been a u.s. citizen for decades. never gave a contribution to any delegation or party or anything. then in 2016, after the trump tower meeting he gives $283,000 to the republican party and to trumps campaign. he had given $2700 to trump in the primaries. but all of that came late in the cycle. this is a person wh...