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Decided today was how much about the russian investigation can be mentioned. and the judge said don't say anything except with one exception, so what you mentioned in the lead to this. so apparently, paul manafort agreed to hook up somebody at a bank, as bank ceo for him to get a $16 million loan and the ceo would get some kind of plum position with the trump administration. >> but don't forget, all the details about what paul manafort did in the ukraine and what he did for the russians are relevant to showing that he earned income. don't forget, this is a tax evasion case. >> right, right. >>...

Financing. he is vice president at financial integrity network. i want to get more of your action as you reported to ronan farrow, in his reporting, about what you see in these reports about michael cohen's banking transactions. you said there's a lot of red flags here. like what? >> thanks, lawrence for having me. the biggest red flag really is that the account activity does not match the profile that the institution established. so when first republic one boarded michael cohen, essential consulting, they established an idea of what the company's activity would look like through that account....

>> thanks, lawrence for having me. the biggest red flag really is that the account activity does not match the profile that the institution established. so when first republic one boarded michael cohen, essential consulting, they established an idea of what the company's activity would look like through that account. the activity that actually went through the account did not look like the profile they established. that's a major red flag. and that in and of itself coconspirator cause for a financial institution to file a suspicious activity report. >> i'm so struck by the amount of work it wo...

Dangerous ways in this probe. >> that ukraine story is a reminder that it was a month after the inauguration, that cohen and others were so concerned about russia and ukraine as one of their first priorities. i want to ask you about michael cohen, the story reported last week about essential consulting and the money that went through that shop. it seems to me there are a couple scenarios, people who defended michael cohen and the trump administration say there's nothing illegal if they were just seeking his counsel, but where do you see legal trouble here? if it's that he was lobbying he shoul...

You higher someone who is a friend in the white house because you are looking for access and somebody that can carry your message. >> there is no one that they lout or are suspicious of. the national media is more critical of lobbying than the trump administration at large. there is no surprise the press zeroed in on michael cohen's lobbying firm called essential consulting. strange name. essential consults. they are a mega million dollars deals with big companies. >> that would be huge news to the american public had a problem. i believe the people have a problem. i don't think it's well cove...