billion dollar deal. the reality is, putin, trump, and if i knew people in china, i would have tried to get the premier of china involved and get a trifecta going. >> let me make sure i nail this down. people associated with the deal, you said it wasn't your deal. a developner russia was looking to vtb for financing. > i had a local developer there and the trump organization here and i was in the middle. the local developer there would have gotten financing from vtb and or another russian bank but vtb was at that point the go-to bank for real estate development. that's why vtb. >> your business has been sued before, bay rock. >> yes. >> and i want to read you part of that lawsuit. i know you deny this. i want to get you on the record. >> no problem. >> in a lawsuit an file bid someone in bay rock, was the group that helped develop trump soho here in new york city. >> yes. >> someone that you worked with said in the lawsuit, tax evasion and money laundering are the core of bay rock's business