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Influence operation to try to influence the republican party in a way that would quote advance the interests of the russian federation. there's also just been a ton of public facing reporting about maria butina and her american boyfriend, including this seminal "new york times" piece which broke the news that paul erickson, the boyfriend, had, during the campaign, in may 2016, he had sent the trump campaign an email that literally had the subject line "kremlin connection." he was offering in that email to set up a connection to donald trump with an emissary from vladimir putin's office. he sai...

With the court, the government described a different person who was involved in the scheme. the person named by prosecutors as u.s. person one. if you piece it together through various documents and reporting, u.s. person one in the butina case is her american boyfriend, who according to the government, worked closely with her throughout the duration of her influence operation to try to influence the republican party in a way that would advance the interests of the russian federation. there also has been a ton of report being maria butina and her american boyfriend, including this seminole "ne...

Pentagon. it doesn't help to lose a secretary of defense who frankly was not only experienced and competent but was truly dedicated to the best interests of our country. to have that happen obviously creates some disruption. but i also believe that these men and women in uniform are dedicated. they will do what is necessary to protect our country. and they will do it in the brave and courageous way they have done it in the past. >> secretary panetta, it's always a pleasure. thank you so much for being with us today. >> good to be with you. and coming up, the kremlin connection. why the russi...

Meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin. he did it by e-mail with the unsubtle suggest line, kremlin connection. and paul erickson didn't name alexander torsian in the e-mail but he referred to him as president putin's emissary on this overture. that didn't work, but that same month torsian sought a meeting with donald trump at an nra convention. and that itself didn't pan out, but torsian did get to spend some time with donald trump jr. at a gala hosted be i the nra. and then at the beginning of this year, we learn that the fbi was investigating whether all of this, the nra's huge spi...

Unsubtle subject line, kremlin connection. and paul erickson didn't name alexander torchin in the e-mail but he referred to him as president putin's emissary on this. that didn't work, but that same month torchin sought a meeting with donald trump at an nra convention. and that itself didn't pan out, but torchin did get to spend some time with donald trump jr. at a gala hosted by the nra. and then at the beginning of this year, we learn that the fbi was investigating whether all of this, the nra's huge spike in 2016 campaign spending, its weird and sudden and suddenly deepening russia ties, an...