investigative pros. >> is there a money element to the russia operation to influence the election. some banking and money moving illusions, seemingly not on a large scale in the mueller indictment in terms of how the russia operation unfolded. as far as you know and as far as you can tell us, is there a financial component to that that may be helpful in terms of understanding the scale of the crime? >> where know the russians have used financial transactions in previous efforts overseas to influence the outcome of election and i talked about this with jim comey quite a bit to make sure that our radar and antenna were up in terms of what types of monies might be moving as part of this russian effort. maybe they were not at all, in fact, connected with the campaign. but, you know, the term follow the money is very, very important one whether you're pursuing organized crime or you're pursuing some type of counterintelligence operation. so, i wouldn't be surprised at all if the special counsel has