all i knew that mr. donald trump jr. was willing to meet with me. i could recognize the young gentleman who was only present in the meeting for probably the first seven to ten minutes, and then he stood up and left the room. it was mr. jared kushner, and he never came back, by the way. and the other gentleman who was at the same meeting was always looking at his phone. he was reading something. he never took any active part in the conversation. that was mr. manafort. reporter: they had the impression, it appears, that they were going to be told some information that you had about the dnc. how did they get that impression? translator: it s quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. reporter: have you ever worked for the russian government? do you have connections to the russian government? translator: no. that s her speaking to nbc news. let s get reaction to the