close to a politician, in this case close to the president of the united states, which is highly unusual selling access, potential access, to the president of the united states. reporter: cohen did not respond for comment. a source tells cnn that mueller also questioned viktor vekselberg about his cousin s generous campaign contributions to mr. trump including a $250,000 donation to the president s inauguration fund. the new york times reports that both viktor vekselberg and introder attended president trump s inauguration where they met with cohen before setting up the arrangement. financial records reviewed by the new york times indicate that cohen s company also received payments from a number of corporations, including nearly $400,000 from a subsidiary of pharmaceutical company know variousis. $150,000 from korea aero space