rob goldstone insists he never meant to be part of a russian plot. fered will provide evidence of whether any trump campaign officials wanted to join one. whatever came of the meeting goldstone says he's living with the consequences of one very bad idea. >> are you guilty of anything? >> i'm guilty really of not standing my ground. and knowing that this was a bad idea, that's what i'm guilty of, of not >>> a major trump campaign donor comes under suspicion because of his russian ties. we uncover exclusive new evidence. >> do you think that these donations were part of a russian campaign to influence the election and help president trump? >> absolutely. >> did paul manafort's russian co-defendant use a republican institute as cover? we have exclusive details from an insider. >>> and in russia, it's

rob goldstone insists he never meant to be parliament t of a r plot, but what he provided of whether fficials wanted to join one. whatever came of the meeting, goldstone said he's living with the consequences of one very bad idea. >> are you guilty of anything? >> i'm guilty really of not standing my ground. and knowing that this was a bad idea, that's what i'm guilty of. i've not really putting my sensible hat on and going, you know this is a bad idea, don't do it. >>> a major trump campaign donor comes under suspicion because of his russian ties. we uncover exclusive new evidence. >> do you think that these donations were part of a russian campaign to influence the election and help president trump? >> absolutely. >> did paul manafort's russian co-defendant use a repub

rob goldstone insists he never meant to be a part of the russian plot, but what he offered may providempaign officials wanted to join one. whatever came of the meeting, goldstone says he's living with the consequences of one very bad idea. >> are you guilty of anything? >> i'm guilty, really, of not standing my ground and knowing that this was a bad idea, that's what i'm guilty of, of not really putting my sensible hat on. you know this is a bad idea, don't do it. >>> i'm really sorry. i understand why they hate me. i live with those same feelings about myself every day. to anyone that's -- for the role i played, i'm deeply, deeply sorry. >>> it was right out of a soap opera. the husband, the wife, the affair with the local dentist. >> blew me away. like wow. >> but the script turned dark when her husband turned up dead. >> everything was a blur. she just said they found him in his car outside his gym. >> a simple tragedy.

rob goldstone insists he never meant to be a part of the russian plot, but what he offered may provideicials wanted to join one. whatever came of the meeting, goldstone says he's living with the consequences of one very bad idea. >> are you guilty of anything? >> i'm guilty, really, of not standing my ground and knowing that this was a bad idea, that's what i'm guilty of, of not really putting my sensible hat on. you know this is a bad idea, don't do it. >>> michael cohen pled guilty under eight counts today. >> michael cohen of the president's fixer. >> if anybody else in his mind was going after his boss, he was going to fight back. >> and the keeper of his secrets. >> of all the individuals in trump's organization who knew where the bodies were buried, if you will, michael cohen was at the top of the list. >> swearing to do anything to protect the president. >> he told me he'd take a bullet for the president. >> an fbi changed everything. >> i jt

that was a very explicit attempt to involve the russian government, as rob goldstone's famous e-mailut it, the russian government's attempts to help donald trump get elected president. it is illegal, there is no question, for a russian government -- for a foreign government, including that of russia, to help elect a president. when you get to corporations which often have roots in more than one country, operate in different areas, i think there you get into more gray areas, and i think the fact, as mark's story very clearly points out, that this deal did not come to fruition, i think that argues against any claim that this might have been illegal. >> jim sciutto, is it a crime to create fake online entities, online personas to try to manipulate an election? >> i'll leave that to the lawyers, but one thing that has struck me throughout is that the trump campaign's defense, when you look at the trump tower meeting, has always been nothing came out of it, right? you know, as if it would have been -- you know, they certainly -- confirming that they would have been interested had the russ