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Under psychological pressure, and we also can't be sure that she wasn't given any psychotropic agents with her food or water, but this immense pressure towards her is 100% there. >> reporter: despite butina's plea agreement, the kremlin calls the charges against her baseless and void. in an interview with state media, her dad claiming she never wanted to harm america. >> translator: what harm? and how could good relations between citizens of two countries be called harm? i do not understand, but the court interpreted her actions this way. >> reporter: maria butina's case has become a rallying ...

Fbi or mueller's team are embarrassed about the way they conducted themselves. they're putting all of this out there and basically saying, here you go. you can see how it was done. you can see how this guy should have known better than lying to investigators. >> and these documents are fascinating. friday night, you have a little time, you might want to kick back and read them. because it's really an interesting look. sara murray, shimon, thank you so much. president trump's former fixer and personal attorney, michael cohen, is speaking out one day after being sentenced to three years in pri...

Conspiracy charge and is cooperating with investigator, the foreign minister accusing america of torturing butina into submission. >> she is faced with specific kinds of torture for months. they either forcibly wake her up and let her walk in the night or place her in a solitary confinement cell and so on. i have reasons to assume that the goal of those conditions was to break her will and make her admit to something that she most probably did not commit. >> reporter: lavrov's words contradicting statements in court both buy butina and her lawyer, saying her mind was clear and that her overall...

Claiming without evidence that butina was tortured by the u.s. to get her to cooperate. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, you're absolutely right. one of the other things is they will obviously be looking at some of the things accidentally made public tonight. i just went over a transcript actually that we had earlier today from a call with a kremlin spokesman and he was specifically asked, are you concerned about some of the things that maria butina might say to american investigators, and he said, i just found this quote now, "let's wait for the testimony, such hypothesizing is unaccept...

>> you have to remember, at what point in time that this matter came about. two weeks or so before the election, post the billy bush comments. so, yes. he was very concerned about how this would affect the election. >> reporter: despite all of the investigations now touching the trump organization, foundation, campaign, inauguration, transition and administration, the white house is brushing off cohen's comments, saying they shouldn't be taken seriously. >> he's a self-admitted liar. you know that. and for him to say i'm going to stop lying now, starting now, is somewhat silly. >> reporter: bu...