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Than $176 million. how much of that stock belongs to ross himself is impossible to establish because the shares are held by two funds which inturn are held by four other companies. >> they are hidden one within the other. what that can do is limit liability, obscure the ownership, it can make it more difficult to trace who is responsible. >> it didn't happen by accident? >> no, these things do not happen by accident. they have to be created. >> creating and maintaining such secret complex ownership structuretures is what appleby, the bermuda law firm specializes in. ross was one of its top cli...

Clients the information may become public. it also issued a statement that said these documents were obtained illegally and the release may result in exposing innocent parties to data protection breaches. the firm also said that it is, quote, satisfied that there is no wrong doing on the part of ourselves or our clients. appleb appleby said it would cooperate with any investigation into what the leak reveals. it's hard to imagine it won't trigger a bunch of investigations that come from this pile of documents. we've all been talking about russia's influence through social media platforms, like...

Interest as tied to their well being. >> is that a problem? >> i want to know whether he has touched u.s. sanctions policy toward russia. >> the thing about the story, it isn't about partisan politics. it's about ethical standards of our government officials. we spoke to president bush's chief ethics lawyer, he saw the document and was more scathing than anyone else we spoke to. >> secret ross cannot participate in any discussion, decision making or recommendation about sanctions. that would be a criminal offense for him to participate in any such matter. >> you're saying it's not only unethic...