Interview – SHIMON PROKUPECZ (Proke-u-pez) – Crime and Justice Reporter on CNN
TOPIC: Latest on Manafort investigation:
– CNN: Mueller’s team is reaching back 11 years in its investigation of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort
– Paul Manafort: Justice Department Should ‘Immediately’ Investigate Wiretapping by Obama Administration. Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, called on the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate leaks after CNN reported that the FBI conducted separate wiretap investigations of him before and after the election last year.
– Report: FBI Agents Entered Paul Manafort’s Home With Guns Drawn. FBI agents entered former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s Alexandria, Virginia home in July with their guns drawn and searched his wife for weapons, CNN reports. According to the report, Manafort and his wife were still in bed when agents with a “no-knock” warrant picked the lock to his front door.
– Exclusive: US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman
Washington (CNN)US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN, an extraordinary step involving a high-ranking campaign official now at the center of the Russia meddling probe.
The government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump.
Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign, according to three sources familiar with the investigation. Two of these sources, however, cautioned that the evidence is not conclusive.
