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does he he does it all the time. he knows what took place in helsinki has been a mess. not my words but again, senator rubio and cruz called him a con man when they were doing the campaign. what you do is to shift the view, shift your mind away from something, you bring something else up. that s what they re trying to do. on the topic of russia, let me ask you about reporting that s come out in the last few days. it s reporting about a trip you took to russia with congressman rohrbacher. this was a time of high tension between the united states and russia. this is after russia had annexed crimea, shot down malaysian flight 17. let me ask you about the purpose of your trip there. why did you go? did you meet with any russian officials while you were there? i went with an official i am the ranking democrat on the committee. the chairman of the committee
year for the russian government, it was natalia veselnitskaya. she was all over the world working on behalf of the russian government. footnote 72 and the minority report refers to congressman dana rohrbacher during the campaign being over in russia and, what do you know, he runs in without planning to see her, natalia veselnitskaya. we also learned of other occasions when congressman rohrbacher was traveling in other parts of the world where he would just bump into natalia veselnitskaya. she is a spy. donald trump, jr., on that june 9 meeting at trump tower, met with a spy and he told the team that brought him the information, i love it. and it would be better if we can disseminate what you re trying to give to me right before the election. they knew exactly what they were doing. they were willing and eager to work with the russians. for us today to learn that she is a spy i think shows just how
would say that it s more accurate to describe him as acting on putin s behalf and him using veselnitskaya to, you know, disseminate what the kremlin s talking points. of course, he also did the same thing with congressman dana rohrbacher. he gave dana rohrbacher, a republican, the same memo essentially, that veselnitskaya brought with her to trump tower last june which were basically talking points, trying to overturn the magnitsky act, trying to undermine bill broader who of course is this financier who made it his project to spearhead the magnitsky act sanctions after his tax lawyer was murdered by the kremlin. so, they worked hand in hand and it really shows now she calls herself an informant. that is also not really an accurate term. i would say she was definitely working as an agent of chaika and therefore an agent of the kremlin. we have congressman swalwell joining us in a moment.
informant and an agent with close ties to the kremlin. how can, on the same day that that information is first made public, how can your committee wrap up its work? you know, nicolle, if anyone was going to give sergey kislyak competition for employee of the year for the russian government, it was natalia veselnitskaya. she was all over the world working on behalf of the russian government. footnote 72 and the minority report refers to congressman dana rohrbacher during the campaign being over in russia and, what do you know, he runs in without planning to see her, natalia veselnitskaya. we also learned of other occasions when congressman rohrbacher was traveling in other parts of the world where he would just bump into natalia veselnitskaya. she is a spy. donald trump, jr., on that june 9 meeting at trump tower, met with a spy and he told the team that brought him the information, i love it. and it would be better if we can