“A prominent businessman who does a lot of business with the Soviet Union calls to keep me posted on a construction project I’m interested in undertaking in Moscow. The idea got off the ground after I sat next to the Soviet Ambassador, Yuri Dubinin, at a luncheon held by Leonard Lauder, a great busin…”— Donald Trump, books.google.com
“Everything I have to say about the ridiculous nature of the Russian 'collusion' investigation I said on my 60 Minutes interview. There was no collusion and the investigation is a witch hunt.”— Steve Bannon, cnn.com
“There's nothing to the Russia investigation….It’s a total and complete farce. Russian collusion is a farce.”— Steve Bannon, youtube.com
“I introduced Manafort to Donald Trump at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans.”— Roger Stone, amazon.com