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In a green jail jump suit as a federal judge gives fiver witnesses immunity ahead of the testimony against the former Trump Campaign chairman. And from russia with cash. An alleged russian spy accused of offering sex to gain influence in washington with financial backing of a russian billionaire. Im wonderful gilf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. President trump considers revoking the security clearances of half a dozen former National Security officials including exfbi director james comey, former cia director john brennan, former director of National Intelligence James Cl...

Tonight we're learning new details about the russian woman who is under arrest and accused of being a spy for the russians. cnn's sara murray is joiqning u with more on where her money came from. >> we're learning about constantine nikolai, close ties to russian president vladimir putin, and who allegedly helped foot the bill for butinas efforts. constantine nikolai, her financial backer, a source tells cnn. she launched a gun rights group in moscow. >> it's very important. gaining freedom is, of course, gun rights. >> reporter: and used it to build ties into u.s. politics.

The national rifle association. she even tried, along with associates, to arrange back-channel communications between candidate donald trump and russian president, vladimir putin, surrounding nra events. nikolai's office acknowledged he invested in butina from 2012 to 2014 but says he hasn't been in touch since 2014. the funding was to support their efforts in russia to raise public awareness around certain domestic issues, according to the statement from his office. court filings describe butina's funder as a russian businessman with deep ties to the russian presidential administration. but d...

Putin. nikolai's office said 2014 was their last contact. the funding was to support their efforts in russia to raise awareness around certain domestic issues according to a statement from his office. retired cia chief of russia operations steven hall says vladimir putin often taps local billionaires to back his influence operations. >> we still have crontrol. >> all of these people can say look, we're not members of the russian intelligence service. we're not members of the russian government. and to the western ear, that sounds right. but in truth that's not really what's going on. >> report...

Meetings between alleged russian spy maria butina and american government officials. that's right, officials, plural. she met with multiple of them. a person who arranged the meetings confirms in 2015, butina met with a high-ranking official at the federal reserve and an official at the treasury department, and we're learning even more about butina's financial backer. sara murray is "outfront." >> reporter: alleged russian spy maria butina naming constantine nikolai as her backer in senate testimony earlier this year. a source tells cnn butina launched a gun rights group in moscow. >> the most...