they helped clip t eed clinton' research information on trump and his advisers. the operative who was consulting for the dnc met with top officials in the ukrainian embassy in washington in an effort to expose ties between trump campaign aide paul manafort and russia according to people with direct knowledge of the situation. have you heard of those allegations before? >> i have not. >> i have no idea if they are true. if they are true, that's wrong for the ukraine to be involved in our election? >> yes, senator. >> i got you. that's a good answer. will you look into this? >> i would be happy to dig into it. >> thank you. are you familiar with the e-mail problems we have had with donald junior the last few days? >> i have not. i have heard there is an issue. i spent the last --