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Thousands of dollars to donald trump's 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. >> he's been an american citizen for decades and he's 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 donations to both parties. 99.9% of americans give $2700 or less, that's the maximum you're allowed ...

That's the maximum you're allowed to donate directly to a candidate. but kukes donated $2,700 to the trump campaign, plus another $273,000 to the trump victory committee. which distributed the money between the campaign, the rnc and state republican parties. >> by giving the kind of money he gave, he is putting himself on the radar for the republican party, for the trump campaign. >> so you give that much money, people notice? >> exactly. when you make calls, your calls are answered. you're not getting an aide. you're not getting a staffer. you're getting someone in the position of power to he...

But kukes donated $2,700 to the trump campaign, plus another $273,000 to the trump victory committee. which distributed the money between the campaign, the rnc and state republican parties. >> by giving the kind of money he gave, he is putting himself on the radar for the republican party, for the trump campaign. >> so you give that much money, people notice? >> exactly. when you make calls, your calls are answered. you're not getting an aide. you're not getting a staffer. you're getting someone in the position of power to help you. >> the timing also raises red flags because kukes started maj...

Campaign $273,000 to the trump victory committee. he's an american citizen born in russia and our reporting in conjunction with our colleagues at the guardian newspaper shows that he has deep ties to moscow. ties that put him on the radar of u.s. federal investigators and what's more disturbing, we uncovered an e-mail exchange during the election between this big trump donor and a high ranking russian official who he calls dear slava. dear slava i was at dinner with donald trump. i think his chances are very good. in photo is america's most respected mayor rudy giuliani. >> that e-mail really ...

>> these teachers working while waiting >> we always have things that we need to be doing. >> behind the scenes today, republican lawmakers not afraid to be honest, though. >> i don't believe we have at all underfunded education. >> senator kevin lundeberg and and sewn -- senator owen hill showing they are paying more on education this year. hill says the average classroom gets over 200,000 in state funding and he wonders where is that money being spent by school boards. >> $273,000 per classroom per year, and so the question we've got to be asking ourselves is where is this money going? >> st...