Paul Manafort was wiretapped during the campaign

  Back in March Donald Trump made the claim, via Twitter, that his campaign was wiretapped. Here are the tweets:

  This was met by scorn, ridicule, and consternation by the left, which claimed he had no proof and was making it up. Newsweek went so far as to claim this was false because the FBI said so. Here is more:

The document is the first time the Department of Justice has officially denied the substance of the Tweets. Former FBI Director James Comey had already denied that the FBI ever wiretapped Trump. 

“Both FBI and NSD confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets.” the filing states.

  Today CNN has confirmed in this article that the Trump campaign,  former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, was indeed wiretapped during and after the campaign. Here is more:

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.

  It looks like Donald Trump was right after all.

  The question is, was it justified? CNN cites three unnamed sources, two of which cautioned the evidence of Russian collusion is not conclusive.

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