Manafort At Center Of Russian Collusion Investigation: Report
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is at the center of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 campaign.
According to a report by CNN, investigators have found communications from Russian spies about their attempts to work with Manafort and other Trump associates regarding damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
The CNN report notes, “investigators turned up intercepted communications appearing to show efforts by Russian operatives to coordinate with Trump associates on damaging Hillary Clinton’s election prospects, officials said. CNN has learned those communications included references to campaign chairman Paul Manafort.”
Investigators have recently added the newly revealed meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort and a Russian lawyer offering damaging information on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government.
Here is another key part of the CNN report:
CNN has learned that investigators became more suspicious when they turned up intercepted communications that US intelligence agencies collected among suspected Russian operatives discussing their efforts to work with Manafort, who served as campaign chairman for three months, to coordinate information that could damage Hillary Clinton’s election prospects, the US officials say. The suspected operatives relayed what they claimed were conversations with Manafort, encouraging help from the Russians.
Manafort faces potential real troubles in the probe, according to current and former officials. Decades of doing business with foreign regimes with reputations for corruption, from the Philippines to Ukraine, had led to messy finances.
Read the full CNN Report here.
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