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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere was a FISA warrant on Manafort while he was in contact with DT.
The warrant extended "at least" into early January, so it must have been operative during the transition. This story came out in September but it's that much more interesting in light of recent events.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/paul-manafort-government-wiretapped-fisa-russians/index.html
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.
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A secret order authorized by the court that handles the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) began after Manafort became the subject of an FBI investigation that began in 2014. It centered on work done by a group of Washington consulting firms for Ukraine's former ruling party, the sources told CNN.
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The FBI then restarted the surveillance after obtaining a new FISA warrant that extended at least into early this year.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)👍👍👍😂🤣
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)I suspect there was a FISA warrant on other Trump officials too, and that the tapes are very interesting listening.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)According to other published sources, Manafort kept having daily phone calls with Pence throughout the transition, almost until the inauguration. And those phone calls were all legally recorded by the FBI, NSA, CIA, and god knows who else.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)transition that he was "heading."
Plausible deniability? Covering the quarterback?
If Manafort is any indication of their computer literacy, Pence is probably BCC'd on a yahoo email, thinking that no one could ever trace that....
BumRushDaShow
(129,061 posts)THIS.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)While he was under house arrest I believe I read that Mueller found out he was still writing editorials with his former foreign business contacts/partners.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)warrant was going on "at least" in January . . . so maybe even longer.
If it continued to yield important intelligence, it would have been renewed.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)My fault for only skimming the OP and not reading in depth.
George II
(67,782 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)September was in 2017, so . . .