shouldn t have. so ryan that now back to what we heard, joe tacopina say, right talking about this as a pandora s box. it s all bad for the president. now. that was in 2018. you saw him talking to don lemon here in lahr coats. and again 2018. that s when stormy daniels was maybe looking for representation. so maybe that s what he was the audience he was speaking to but and he didn t have the facts he has now. i mean, i don t it just doesn t look good, right? his whole takeaway is this is terrible for the president. now he s the guy going on the airwaves day after day. he is the defense attorney for the president. yeah he did a bunch of interviews and a lot of appearances in cnn in 2018. around that time, he made other statements as well. a lot of people were saying like this raises certain campaign finance issues, which he is saying that you know, diametric was the one who was bringing that into the conversation, which that s the that s the stretchy argument here, which is? does this a
legal entities under the name project lata, according to a u.s. criminal complaint. cnn has obtained video of this flashy business center in st. petersburg where several of the firms are now apparently working. and month ject lata is putting down more cash to harm america. company financial records in the u.s. criminal complaint reviewed by cnn show huge budget increases since 2013, especially in 2018. around 650 million rubles, almost $10 million in the first six months of this year alone. though prosecutors say not all of that money goes to operations targeting the u.s. it is essential to look at these efforts as consistent and persistent as opposed to they rally around a specific geopolitical event or an election. the way that they actually gain influence is by talking to these
factories keep trolling along. reporter: the russian troll factory once known as the research agency is still up and running now operating as new legal entities according to a u.s. criminal complaint. cnn has obtained video of the flashy business center where several firms are now apparently working. and the project is putting down more cash to harm america. company financial records in the u.s. criminal complaint reviewed by cnn show huge budget increases since 2013, especially in 2018. around 650 million rubles, almost $10 million in this year alone, but not all of it goes to operations targeting the u.s. it is essential to look at these efforts as consistent and persistent as opposed to they
are now apparently working. and the project is putting down more cash to harm america. company financial records and the u.s. criminal complaint reviewed by cnn show huge budget increases since 2013. especially in 2018. around 650 million rubles, almost $10 million in the first six months of this year alone. though prosecutors say not all of that money goes to operations targeting the u.s. it is essential to look at these efforts as consistent and persistent as opposed to they rally around a specific geopolitical event or an election. the way that they actually gain influence is by talking to these specific populations over a period of time. a former employee who we re not naming out of safety concerns, tells cnn the project s operatives constantly create new online identities,