Tuesday, September 19, 2017

"US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman"

Via Drudge:  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.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team, which is leading the investigation into Russia's involvement in the election, has been provided details of these communications.

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8 comments:

Leland said...

Mueller is reportedly close to an indictment. Seems like there is a lot of information now to suggest a crime was committed, and someone needs to be indicted. The right thing to do is indict the officials involved in snooping on American citizens for political gain. But that would be the right thing to do.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Mueller's prostate must be a big as a cantaloupe, he sure seems to be leaking a lot...

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Obama and Lynch: They're just the linemen for the country...

edutcher said...

Too bad nobody will be perp walked from the White House. It's what the Lefties have been slavering for.

Frankly, I don't think anybody's going to be perp walked from anywhere.

ricpic said...

No more secret courts!

Amartel said...

Nelson Muntz HAHA.
But the despicable and abusive search of Manafort's home makes me tend to think they're gunning for him, the victim of this crime on the part of our erstwhile government.

Methadras said...

So when Trump made the claim that he was being tapped in Trump Tower, guess what? He was. This falls on Urkel being exposed for the rat traitorous scumbag islamic bastard that he is.

edutcher said...

Funny that the rumor Mueller is going to nail somebody turns out to be aimed at the guy who was wiretapped.

Could be there's an indictment that's gonna get tossed out of court.

Even if it gets that far.