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That state's guard and ready reserve, to the southern border, paid for by one wealthy donor. is this what we're doing now? as someone asked on twitter tonight -- and i'm paraphrasing -- can bezos up it to a billion, put together a suppression force on the other side of the border? since when? >> to me, that's one of the most scary things -- so many scary things happen. that's one of the most scary things happen, that a sitting governor would use a national guard, one, for political purposes, and have it paid for by russia's version of an oligarch. i said this earlier, this sounds like russia. ...

Came from the training camp that we visited, it is clear they're doing more than just training troops here. >> they are part of a sprawling business empire owned by this man. an oligarch sanctioned by vladimir putin. and a cnn investigation based on hundreds of documents have established that the companies are also providing the mercenary muscle. he is believed to be the man behind russia's most contentious contractor. we notice we're being followed. we try to approach, but the car drives off. we catch a glimpse of four white

The day of the 2018 midterm elections. the infamous internet research agency, a troll farm, was seeking to disrupt democracy again. >> the official said the american strike was part of the first offensive cyber campaign against russia, designed to thwart attempts to interfere with u.s. elections. and get this, the quote, internet research agency is backed, ready for this, by an oligarch who's well known to be close to vladimir putin. >> joining us now, nbc news reporter, ben collins. ben, tell us about this? >> so, this is the same group that did all of that stuff in 2016. all of those crazy p...

Effort. >> okay. >> that this starts in 2014. in summer of 2016, counter intelligence investigating possible links between russia and the trump campaign and then in the fall of 2016 fbi wents to an oligarch. he was in new york at the time. and said to him, asked him about whether his former business partner paul manafort served as a link between the kremlin and the trump campaign and didn't start out as a kind of attempt to find dirt on trump. it later kind of grew out of a fbi investigation starting separately. >> understood. understood. is it atypical for a u.s. law enforcement agent here in...

Behalf of an oligarch. it does require him to talk to mueller reading from the plea agreement. here to put this latest deal into perspective, political investigations and enterprise reporter for "the washington post." me who patton is, first of all. >> he is a long time republican operative consultant. he had done some work for the george bush campaign in 2000 and like a lot of people employed in this field, he traveled the world doing work overseas. he had also run for a time, the office of the international republican institute, i believe, which is an organization dedicated to spreading demo...