him. that's the extent of my acquaintance with him. >> january 2016, in the attempt to revive the stalled trump tower moscow project, michael cohen sent an e-mail to putin's personal spokesperson to ask for help according to documents later submitted to congress reported on by "the washington post." it was later said he got the e-mail but did not reply. meanwhile trump began to rack up primary victories and endorsements. >> this is a campaign. this is a movement. >> february 29th, 2016,, paul manafort, a career consultant for international strongmen wrote a memo offering his services according to new york times. in which he offered to work for free. recent court filings accuse manafort and rick gates of being tied up in a multimillion dollar money laundering scheme with pro russian interests.