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Paul Manafort and Carter Page, two advisers of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, are officially in the thick of the Russia investigation. The Washington Post confirmed late Tuesday that the FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of Page, while the Associated Press reported that payments Manafort has received in the past can be traced back to a “black ledger” that surfaced last year in Ukraine.
In August, Manafort denied ever receiving payments from the Russian or Ukranian government, and said that the suggestion he had accepted cash payments was “unfounded, silly and nonsensical.” …read more
Source: Salon
