US government wiretapped Trump campaign chairman

CNN reported that US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election.

The government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump.

The timing would indicate that the President was being tapped on his conversations with Manafort even after he was elected.

The FBI interest in Manafort dates back at least to 2014, partly as an outgrowth of a US investigation of Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president whose pro-Russian regime was ousted amid street protests.

Last year, Justice Department prosecutors concluded that there wasn't enough evidence to bring charges against Manafort or anyone of the other US subjects in the probe, according to sources briefed on the investigation.

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