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Inauguration, he met with victor vekselberg. he discussed a mutual desire to strengthen russia's relations with the united states. and days later, michael cohen is awarded a million dollar consulting contract. he gives him $580,000. >> i'm proud of the fact that last summer we reported that vekselberg's cousin, that runs a company here and is affiliated with vekselberg's empire, gave $250,000 to the trump organizati organization, a guy who never gave $250 more to any entity and not a big republican donor. the cousin of this russian oligarch is funneling money into trump's pockets. now we learn...

And days later, michael cohen is awarded a million dollar consulting contract. he gives him $580,000. >> i'm proud of the fact that last summer we reported that vekselberg's cousin, that runs a company here and is affiliated with vekselberg's empire, gave $250,000 to the trump organization, a guy who never gave $250 more to any entity and not a big republican donor. the cousin of this russian oligarch is funneling money into trump's pockets. now we learn on january 9, 2017, three days after the intelligence community releases its assessment saying russia attacked the united states and

Relations and ended pretty quickly. let's talk about this. russian oligarch, trump tower, ten days before the inauguration, or, no, three days before the inauguration or somewhere in that ballpark, ten days, 11 days. why? >> they are saying it was to talk to michael cohen about u.s. and russia relations. why did victor want to do this? like it was a question that he stopped and pulled them off a plane. they tried to question him and pull his electronics. other thing in this whole situation is victor's cousin is this guy trader who eventually wound up giving michael cohen a contract that he win...

We know that vekselberg was questioned by the special counsel, by fbi agents who stopped him when he arrived to a new york area airport. fbi agents met him and questioned him. they've also been looking at whether russian money was used through straw donors to donate to the inauguration and to the trump campaign. now, michael cohen wound up getting a contract with viktor vekselberg's cousin, who wound up paying him $580,000 for this contract. that also is something that has been reported on. we have extensively reported on. because of viktor vekselberg's ties to the investment firm that the cou...

Investigate firm later hires days saver the inauguration michael cohen on a $1 million contract of which they paid him $580,000. >> that is a lot of money. cnn in russia caught up with viktor vekselberg to ask him about the payments to michael cohen. listen to what he said. >> mr. vekselberg quick question from cnn. >> thank you. not now. >> why did your company pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to president trump's lawyer. >> not now. >> really appreciate -- okay. really appreciate -- i understand. you're so aggressive. >> no, i'm not. >> please -- >> was it to buy access to the president?...