is acting as an arm, an agent of the russian federation. >> reporter: which made this all the more curious. a meeting between british opposition leader and assange at the ecuadorian embassy just hours before assange's news conference on thursday. why is this significant? he was an early assumer of the trump campaign. >> mr. nigel fir ranlg. >> reporter: after trump's win, trump took to twitter to suggest fir ranlg is the next ambassador to washington. he now calls himself an unofficial adviser to president trump. and recently tweeted out a photo of the two of them having dinner at trump's d.c. hotel last month. the white house denied any advanced knowledge of the meeting with assange. >> i have my own concerns here keep track of what everyone is doing. i generally don't worry about what is going on across the pond. >> the question is not what, but you can tell us he wasn't there on behalf of the white house? >> sure about . he is not -- this is silly.