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Counsel has been investigating a meeting between manafort in cuito in 2017 and asked if wikileaks or assange were discussed in that meeting. assange has been holed up at the embassy since he was granted political asylum in 2012. in the months leading up to the election, assange's wikileaks hosted hacked e-mails from the campaign. >> we had e-mails related to the hillary clinton campaign. >> reporter: russian intelligence officers allegedly hacked party computers beginning in march, 2016, according to an indictment filed by the special counsel. a few months later, prosecutors say wikileaks reac...

With wikileaks founder julian assange several times at the ecuador embassy in london around the time that he joined the trump campaign in march of 2016. manafort said this is 100% false. cnn senior correspondent is joining us now. what can you tell us about the reported meetings? >> the meetings at the embassy started in 2013. there was another in 2015. it's that march 2016 meeting that you mentioned as manafort was joining the trump campaign that would be of most interest to robert mueller and investigators. the guardian report does not say what was discussed in that meeting, but the reason t...

Cooperate are, offer full cooperation to the special counsel's office? >> we can only speak to what our role is in that process. and not only has the president, but the entire administration has been fully cooperative. >> reporter: also, a report in "the guardian" newspaper today claiming manafort met with wikileaks' founder julian assange several times, including in march 2016, around the same time manafort joined the trump campaign. asked if the trump administration will ask for more information on the alleged meetings, sanders said -- >> we encourage the process to continue to play out, but...

That explosive report that manafort met with assange multiple times him paul manafort and wikileaks have issued strong denials. any connection can be a major development into special counsel's probe into collusion. tonight, a secret report between wikileaks paul assange and john manafort. the "guardian" says he traveled to the ecuadorean embassy in london to meet with assange in 2016 and one meeting around march, 2016. the same month manafort joined the trump campaign. cnn has not confirmed the newspaper's reporting and it is unclear why he wanted to see assange and what was discussed. the new...

On paul manafort. a harsh spotlight just got brighter after a major bombshell report from "the guardian yts. manafort held secret talks with julian assange at the ecuadorian embassy during the presidential campaign. quote, a well placed sourced has told the guardian that manafort went to see assange around march 2016. that would be the month manafort joined the campaign. "the guardian" says months later wi wikileaks release add stash of stolen e-mails. manafort has previously denied involvement in the hack, this news coming a day after the special counsel's office said it is seeking to break i...