The Russia Investigations: Bad Week For Manafort, Social Networks In The Hot Seat
Last week in the Russia imbroglio: Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, got some bad news; members of Congress put social networks, including Facebook and Twitter, under the interrogation lights; and with all these many lawyers now running around — the meter is running too.
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The Russia story is so vast, has been running for so long — and may continue for so much longer — that NPR journalists have been getting an update inside the newsroom every day to try to keep them in step. On the theory that other readers also might find the reports useful, here's a version of our newsletter called "The Daily Imbroglio," which also includes a look back at events from the past week you might have missed.
Reports: U.S. Government Surveilled Manafort ... Sometime ... Somewhen
Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was under U.S. government surveillance at some, which called what the FBI or other spy agencies were doing "a wiretap." The eavesdropping took place before, during and after the campaign, according to CNN.
