[Texas Fossil]

Pfeiffer testified that the FBI initially learned about the storage locker from reporters for the Associated Press who met with FBI and Justice Department officials<.b< in April 2017 to discuss their reporting on Manafort's business activities.

Lauren Easton, director of media relations at the Associated Press, confirmed that the agency's journalists met with Justice Department officials "in an effort to get information on stories they were reporting, as reporters do." She said they asked the officials about a locker but never identified its location.

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What they did not say was that the FBI were using AP reporters as undercover agents "looking" for a crime to prosecute.

[timestax]

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[truthkeeper]

What they did not say was that the FBI were using AP reporters as undercover agents "looking" for a crime to prosecute.

Jumped out at me too.