money from the russians. the pushback in this letter by elijah cummings, he got air fair, he got hotel paid for by the russians. >> absolutely. that doesn't fast laugh test. when he did an interview by the "washington post," he admitted that he got paid for this trip by r.t. as well as his speaker's bureau. he's talked about having dinner with putin and wanting to work the russians about isis. it was very clear what was going on. >> even if it doesn't fast laugh test, does it fast legal test? if he says it wasn't paid by the russians. the check i got came from the speaker's bureau. >> not at all. he should have reported it. it should have been on that form. even if you think on your own mind for some reason that maybe it didn't really come from the russian government even though r.t. is owned by the russian government, he still should have put it down on that form and it is part of a pattern we've seen