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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
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To: Rockitz
What I’m saying is that as soon as they could surveil Trump, they did. Probably not as early as 2014, but as soon as Manafort and Trump connected.

The earlier they started to monitor Trump, the more likely it is (or seems to me) that they monitored all of the GOP contenders.

No one has talked about the surveillance of anyone but Trump, but early on, he was considered a long shot. Doesn't it seem likely, and scandalous if true, that they were surveilling many others as well?

221 posted on 09/18/2017 6:48:55 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Gargantua

I’m still in shock, frankly, that barely 7 years after 9/11/2001 such a person could attain the Presidency AND be re-elected.

It caused me to rethink what I thought of about 50% of our population.....


222 posted on 09/18/2017 6:50:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: piasa

I have relatives and friends who are cops, agents, and detectives. Trust me: Satanists and all their agents treat Halloween as a “sacred” day for the evil one. There are stories that you would not believe.


223 posted on 09/18/2017 6:51:14 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Boom! You nailed it!

Absolutely 100% correct.


224 posted on 09/18/2017 6:53:35 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: WeWaWes
I cringe at the thought of how close Hillary came to pulling off the biggest crime in Americas history.

So Barry Soetoros record stands.

226 posted on 09/18/2017 6:55:13 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Rockitz

Pretty sure they can do 3 hops... there are a whole lot of people right now that are looking at legal bills..and having trouble sleeping after this news


227 posted on 09/18/2017 6:57:31 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: Major Matt Mason

Manafort was probably being surveilled simply because he was involved in a part of the world the Democrats were economically interested in...Soros’ Ukraine project, etc.


228 posted on 09/18/2017 7:05:02 PM PDT by piasa
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To: RummyChick

R. Mariotti points out that law is not settled on the fisa wiretaps as to admissible evidence...so I would expect a fight


229 posted on 09/18/2017 7:06:31 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: PJ-Comix

Weird, no mention on Breitbart.


230 posted on 09/18/2017 7:07:27 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: monkeyshine

Hillary, in typical Democrat fashion, projects her projection onto Trump.


231 posted on 09/18/2017 7:08:15 PM PDT by piasa
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To: PJ-Comix

So they slam Trump for bringing this up and then CNN publishes this.


232 posted on 09/18/2017 7:08:20 PM PDT by hawkaw
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To: Mathews

Bannon could get pulled in .. everyone has to be going over all conversations with manafort right about now


233 posted on 09/18/2017 7:08:56 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: Post5203

I learned a long time ago whenever Trump tweets something and the Commie media says “Oh what an idea, what is he smoking he’s full of crap” either a few weeks later or in this case, many months later, he is proven RIGHT..will he get an apology, of course not..all the media cares about now, what was said during those conversations and how can it make Trump look bad


235 posted on 09/18/2017 7:10:35 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SkyPilot

No doubt, but it remains a Christian day regardless.

False flagging is nothing new...


236 posted on 09/18/2017 7:11:34 PM PDT by piasa
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To: RummyChick

Whoa... You’re absolutely right. Didn’t think about that. This is going to get really... Murky.


237 posted on 09/18/2017 7:12:07 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: piasa

Nailed it. That is what the Left does. They project onto others what they themselves are doing. As you said, in this case Hillary is projecting her projections.


238 posted on 09/18/2017 7:12:24 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Mathews

Manaforts daughter claims in hacked text that he communicated via draft emails never sent. Not tech savvy enough to know if those can be accessed by forensics.


239 posted on 09/18/2017 7:15:33 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: Rockitz
I don't think it's a big secret that Manafort was the subject of an FBI investigation long before he began working for the Trump campaign. In fact, we should all come to grips with the possibility that the ongoing investigation that began in 2014 may have been a perfectly legitimate reason to extend the surveillance to the Trump campaign.

I don't know much about Manafort, but I have never been comfortable with Americans like this collecting millions of dollars from foreign political officials to help them run their campaigns. The whole thing has enormous potential for conflicts of interest that could put these people at odds with our own government here at home.

240 posted on 09/18/2017 7:15:44 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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