FBI Making Inquiry Into Ex-Trump Campaign Manager's Foreign Ties

[geek tragedy]

Source: NBC News

The FBI has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort's foreign business connections, law enforcement and intelligence sources told NBC News Monday.

Word of the inquiry, which has not blossomed into a full-blown criminal investigation, comes just days after FBI Director James Comey's disclosure that his agency is examining a new batch of emails connected to an aide to Hillary Clinton.

And it comes a day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized Comey's revelation and asserted that Comey possesses "explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government."

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NBC News reported in August that Manafort was a key player in multi-million-dollar business propositions with Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs — one of them a close Putin ally with alleged ties to organized crime — which foreign policy experts said raised questions about the pro-Russian bent of the Trump candidacy.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-making-inquiry-ex-trump-campaign-manager-s-foreign-ties-n675881

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Boom.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. K&R!

[4dog]

2. No kidding!

FBI realizes caving to Repubs will not fly.

[Ccarmona]

3. This is May Be What Comey was Referring to

Last Friday. Maybe they found the same type of hacker bait on Anthony Weiner's or his wife's computer as they found on Podesta's. It all could come back to Manafort, his ties to the Russian hackers, and the Trump campaign's attempt to influence the election.

[getagrip_already]

4. wonder whyit is so low key?

Why not a full blown investigation?

Oh, right, too close to election. Wouldn't want to influence it.

[George II]

5. Mark my words - Manafort WILL go to jail!

[TomCADem]

6. I Understand That The FBI Does Not Want To Discuss Pending Case...

... but announcing they are looking at candidate, it is opens up scrutiny of their investigation into the other.