he s got quite the resume. in 1991, sater got into a bar fight and slashed a guy with a margarita glass. in 1998, sater pleaded guilty to a stock fraud scheme involving the mob. only a few years later, sater says he began working with the trumps on real estate deals. in 2015, sater e-mailed michael cohen, then-lawyer for mr. trump, and talked about how the trump tower moscow project would help mr. trump to convince america of his skills and win the white house. reporter: felix sater is the man at the center of donald trump s moscow trump tower project, and now he ll testify before congress, sharing with the world what he knows about the president s business dealings. i was trying to use this opportunity because i had tried to build trump towers in moscow as well as london and paris. reporter: lawmakers will likely grill sater on what trump
reporter: trump downplayed the relationship in 2013. but in 2010, sater had an office three doors down from trump in the trump tower in new york, according to a person familiar with the office layout at the time. that he had an office at the trump tower. and on the 26th floor. and the 26th floor is important why? because it s mr. trump s floor. reporter: sater, born in the soviet union moved to the u.s. in the 70s. he is a former government trump operator saying he worked in ao0 years and could soon share that with america. congress wants to ask about financing of the project during the sater hearing. trump has denied any involvement in the trump tower moscow deal. still, the white house is on
awareness that there now seems to be plenty of evidence that the president committed crimes. and the big question is, so what are democrats going to do about it? which may seem to be an odd way to look at things, but an inevitable one, nonetheless, since the only thing republicans have done is to insulate the president from accountability. joining me now, one of the president s most outspoken critics, maxine waters, the chair of the financial services committee. congresswoman, do you feel like you learned up in things at the cohen? did it change your mind? did it intensify your feelings about things you already thought? well, as you know, i have been looking at this president before he was inaugurated and i came out early, talking about impeachment, because i knew all about manafort and flynn and sater and all of these people and so i m not really surprised, not a lot of new information. but it s information that needs to be investigated, needs to be explored, because the republican
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responsibility. and joining us is the chair of the financial services committee. do you feel like you learn new things at the cohen testimony? did it intensify your feelings about things you already saw? as you know i have been looking at this president before he was inaugier aated and i came out oearly talking about impeachment because i knew all about manafort and flynn and sater and all of these people. and so i m not really surprised not a lot of new information but it s information that needs to be havinged. needs to be explored because the republicans certainly didn t do anything with this information. so whether we re talking about collusion or obstruction of justice, finances. we re talking about found augzs, this needs to be havinged and explored. is there not already evidence