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Exclusive: US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman (BREAKING!!!)
CNN.com ^ | September 18, 2017 | Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz and Pamela Brown

Posted on 09/18/2017 4:26:09 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cultureofcorruption; donaldtrump; eavesdropping; electionsurveillance; howtostealanelection; manafort; manafortwiretapped; muellerinvestigation; obama; obamaswatergate; paulmanafort; spying; trump; trump2016campaign; trumprussia; trumpwiretapped; trumpwiretaps; tyranny; wiretap; wiretapping
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To: Fantasywriter
Right here. This post. Best summary yet.

Thank you.

281 posted on 09/18/2017 8:26:25 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: odawg

I agree. There is something extraordinarily dark and secret about Benghazi. No one in Washington will say a word. There is an unspoken consensus to ask no questions.

And there are so many questions, starting with why the US ambassador was out there that night. It was a coordinated attack with good intelligence.


282 posted on 09/18/2017 8:27:07 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil
It's tempting to conclude that they needed him gone a la Ron Brown.
283 posted on 09/18/2017 8:33:01 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: BlackVeil

The most amazing part is Trey Gowdy’s role. He held hearings, yet made not the slightest effort to get the answer to the single most crucial question: Who Gave the Stand Down Order.

Think about it. That order almost certainly cost three lives, two at a minimum. What could be more important than nailing down the answer?

Yet Gowdy didn’t even try.

The Swamp is pervasive.


284 posted on 09/18/2017 8:34:44 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: LS
So please explain this:

Mo Mana, Mo Problems: Mueller Reportedly Plans To Indict Manafort

285 posted on 09/18/2017 8:40:17 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: BlackVeil

The answer is that both sides were complicit. .and likely Involved the Gang of 8 since they oversee intelligence ops

Cia was up to no good as usual in foreign countries when trying to overthrow a regime


286 posted on 09/18/2017 8:40:41 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: SkyPilot

Sessions was one of the major denizens of the Swamp. Would’ve been astounding to us all a year ago to know that.


287 posted on 09/18/2017 8:44:21 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: LS; Whenifhow; GregNH; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; TWhiteBear; Salvation; ...

LUCYT PING LIST


288 posted on 09/18/2017 8:45:48 PM PDT by bitt (The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
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To: Kalamata

“Unless they are ALL locked up, our nation can not be healed and restored.”

I concur.


289 posted on 09/18/2017 8:48:41 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: SaveFerris; redgolum
[Makes you wonder just home many sides this game has.]
The way it's looking .... I'm going with the same number (at least) that you find on a Buckyball.....

Ah, good choice: two, an inside and an outside.

290 posted on 09/18/2017 8:49:59 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: odawg

“Why has no one in 5 years questioned him over his inaction during the 8 hours the attack went on”

That is truly one of the strangest things about the whole tragedy. No elected government official will open their mouth to ask the obvious question. No one.

Yes, where was the CIC during the attack. Most closely guarded secret in American history. I want to know where the hell he was.


291 posted on 09/18/2017 8:52:59 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: SaveFerris

Seems to me that Obama would be the easiest one to “neutralize” given his crimes and secret background. Just uncover his stuff and “neutralize” him for good.


292 posted on 09/18/2017 8:58:44 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: PJ-Comix; All

293 posted on 09/18/2017 9:00:10 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: PJ-Comix

Too bad Sessions will do N O T H I N G.


294 posted on 09/18/2017 9:01:33 PM PDT by heights
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To: PJ-Comix

This story is not politically acceptable.


295 posted on 09/18/2017 9:02:38 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.)
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To: All

Question: Does anyone else think Trump and his campaign team knew they were being wiretapped and used it to their advantage? Perhaps feeding Hillary’s campaign false information?

I found it extremely odd how Hillary all of a sudden decided to go campaign in Texas of all states. Ignoring Wisconsin, Michigan Pennsylvania etc...

Did Trumps team deceive her, reading a script with false “insider polling” numbers showing how badly Trump was losing to her? Was that why she felt so over-confident the Presidency was hers? Is this the reason she campaigned in Texas, listening to wiretaps that she could win Texas too?

Trump had to be playing them the whole campaign ... simply brilliant. LOL!


296 posted on 09/18/2017 9:03:49 PM PDT by ThE_RiPpEr. (The Obamanation is over! “Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.”)
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To: Rockitz

Remember that Scalia told someone that Obama did the same thing to him. I can’t remember the story.


297 posted on 09/18/2017 9:09:24 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Or buxom women in tiny bikinis...

Oh wait, we know why they do that...


298 posted on 09/18/2017 9:14:37 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ((Freeper formerly known as bushwon ;))
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To: Jim 0216

Let us not call it wiretap, but a MASSIVE SWEEP targeted at a group in a fishing expedition, IRS attack on conservatives style.


299 posted on 09/18/2017 9:17:49 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: SaveFerris

But we don’t need to gif posted TWICE...Ugh


300 posted on 09/18/2017 9:19:41 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ((Freeper formerly known as bushwon ;))
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