probe and it has now reached tony podesta the brother of john podesta who ran hillary clinton's campaign tony protests or runs a lobbying firm who did a public relations campaign for the ukrainian government the deal was apparently set up by former trump campaign chair paul man of court several years ago before he worked for trump muller's probe has turned into a criminal investigation into whether or not the productive firm violated the foreign agents registration act better known as far as this just on the heels of cia had my pump a zero being corrected by his own spokesman after saying that intel agencies concluded that russia meddling did not affect the outcome of the twenty six thousand elections. and yes the intelligence community's assessment is that the russian meddling that took place did not affect the outcome of the election you know i made some comments about former. but are we going to go in twenty eight hundred twenty twenty is that's what we're very yes we're always a risk we talked about this a great deal but not just from the russians let's just make no mistake

to the chavez has the story tonight. tony podesta and his loving company the protest or now in the middle of a federal investigation this after ties were discovered with former trump campaign chairman paul man a for which n.b.c. news first reported the probe of his sperm stem from robert mueller inquiry into the finances of man a ford man of ford who served as chairman of president donald trump selectorial campaign between march and august twenty sixth teen resigned shortly after media reports about his lobbying efforts in ukraine between two thousand and twelve in two thousand and fourteen manna for organized a p.r. campaign for a nonprofit called the european center for a modern ukraine also known as e.c.m. you the campaign which promoted ukraine's image was reportedly backed by the country's government during miller's examination into protest as firm and metaphor its role in the campaign then best again has now turned into a question of whether the firm violated the foreign agents registration act known as far as under far a people who lobby on behalf of foreign governments lead