Big donor to Trump campaign made overture to top Russian official, boasting of connections
by Richard Engel, Kate Benyon-Tinker, Charlotte Gardiner and Kennett Werner
A Russian-born American businessman who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Donald Trump's run for president in 2016 offered to brief a high-ranking Russian official during the final months of the campaign, according to a series of emails reviewed by NBC News.
The businessman, Simon Kukes, a Houston-based oil executive, sent an email to the official in Moscow in July 2016, boasting of his connections to the Trump campaign and requesting a face-to-face meeting.
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