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Right? they got his financial records, his business contacts, they followed the money, u.s. attorney's office in new york nailed him on these financial-related felonies. guilty day one. i understand that. we all did. before today, though, i did not understand michael cohen day two in federal court. because fast forward 100 days past the time when he first appeared in federal court in august in that relatively cut and dry day when he pled guilty to eight felonies. you fast forward 100 days after that, and, surprise been michael cohen was back in court again right at the end of november. this ti...

Again but to a different species of crime. this time, it was a felony false statements charge about lying to congress. about something mueller's prosecutors called the moscow project. the trump organization plan to build a trump tower in russia. it was reportedly going to be financed by sanctioned russian banks. building the tower would have required the approval and the facilitation of the kremlin. prosecutors say it was a project that could produce hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for president trump and his business. this moscow project was something the trump organization was pur...

Was unsealed by the special counsel in february. what zamel is reportedly pitching according to your reporting sounds a lot like what we believe the russian government did. is that coincidental? is there some overlap there we should understand? >> i think it's close to coincidental. i'm pretty sure this is a different operation. there may have been some coordination between the uae and russia. that's certainly something mueller's looking into. but i have to say, if you take a step back, if you are someone who wants to set out to influence an election outside the campaign finance structure, in ...

Indictment of russian individuals and businesses that was unsealed by the special counsel in february. what zamel is reportedly pitch, aacord -- according to your reporting, sounds a lot like what we believe the russian government did. is that coincidental? is there some overlap there we should understand? >> i think it's close to coincidental. i'm pretty sure this is a different operation. there may have been some coordination between the uae and russia. that's certainly something mueller's looking into. but i have to say, if you take a step back, if you are someone who wants to set out to in...

As a general counsel i can confirm the company is 100% owned and controlled by americans. any suggestions that at any point and time viktor vekselberg or his clients own a part of columbus nova is untrue. what do you say to that? >> we show a filing that there was history that link them in the past. like i said, this is something mueller's team is looking at. they're going to follow the money and look at these flows. and they question vekselberg about this connection. >> both of us having read those statements, shimon, do we know if there was anything illegal about these payments? >> no we don...