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Report: FBI Wiretapped Paul Manafort Before and After Election

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Obtained warrant after “observing unusual ties” between Russia and Trump associates.

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U.S. investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort before and after the 2016 presidential election, CNN reports. The FBI is said to have begun monitoring Manafort’s communications in 2014, as part of an investigation into his work for Ukraine’s former ruling party, but later stopped monitoring him and was...

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