accuracy of what we released yesterday. it s cnn reporting that robert mueller pulled this russian oligarch aside at an airport, his investigators, to ask him about this payment. so it s our reporting, sure, yes, you just wanted to see if it was what your source was because there s speculation that it s some sort of suspicious bank activity document. just like you don t disclose your sources, i m not going to disclose my sources because that s my work product. cnn independently reported, you re correct, that mueller s team questioned this oligarch about these payments and there s multiple payments totaling approximately half a million dollars. what is your evidence that viktor vekselberg, the russian oligarch, directed this payment? as you know, the u.s. affiliate, columbus nova says, no connection to that russian oligarch. so how do you know he directed the payment? they ve said all kinds of things that make no sense. they re distancing themselves for some reason from the enti
house. reporter: we re learning some new details today about michael cohen, the president s personal lawyer and his finances. his ties to a company that s linked to a russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the u.s. for election meddling. that oligarch cnn has learned has been questioned by the mueller investigative team and we also have some new details about what the investigators asked him about. cnn has learned that special counsel robert mueller s investigators questioned russian oligarch viktor vekselberg about hundreds of thousands of dollars his company s u.s. affiliate columbus nova paid to president trump s personal attorney michael cohen after the 2016 election. viktor vekselberg he s close to vladimir putin and one of several glarkz sanctioned by the u.s. government next month. the company was also hit with penalties in retaliation for russia s interference in the election. i can t make any comments as it relates to our sanctions or any specifics.
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