she gave them $3.5 million. so now i would think putin would know the answer to that. i think he should release it. i think we should know that answer. >> and just this afternoon right as we were coming on the air the former president standing by that statement, not backing away from it. he's referencing this alleged multimillion-dollar payment from the former mayor of moscow's wife to hunter biden and a u.s. investment firm. hunter biden's legal team when contacted by nbc news told us he had no connection to the company that allegedly received this payment. nbc news, our garrett haake, talked with the house intelligence chair, democrat adam schiff, who is to say the least not surprised about donald trump's comments. >> at least he's consistent. consistently immoral and unpatriotic. to be appealing to putin. this man, donald trump, cannot change. he will not change. he is who he is. he will always seek to cheat. he will always seek to get foreign help. it doesn't matter whether putin is attacking russia.