Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 3/31/18.


CNN: “Robert Mueller’s team…wanted former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates’ help…investigating the Trump campaign’s contact with the Russians…Mueller’s team alleges that Gates was in contact with a close colleague of Manafort’s who worked for a Russian intelligence agency—and that Gates knew of the spy service ties in September and October 2016, while he worked on the Trump campaign.”

The Atlantic: “Why is Trump Turning Against the Russians Now?...The question about collusion is no longer whether Trump officials had untoward contacts with Russians—two have already pleaded guilty to concealing meetings with Russians from the FBI…but the scale of the collusion, and whether Trump himself was involved.”

Politico: “When Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president’s supporters sprang into action—treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research…It looks like the beginnings of a campaign…if the president determines he wants to fire Mueller, he’s going to want to make sure there’s ample public record that he can fall back on.”

Vox: “Paul Manafort, the former chair of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, had a long professional relationship with a man connected to Russian intelligence. And special counsel Robert Mueller says that man, Konstantin Kilimink, was still working with Russian intelligence in 2016, when Trump was running for president.”

Washington Post: “The web of connections between Trump and Putin, visualized."

The Hill: “A former Fox News contributor is accusing the network of deliberately keeping him away from segments on Russia because he wouldn’t unconditionally support President Trump. Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters…asserted that the network “preaches paranoia, attacking processes and institutions vital to our republic and challenging the rule of law.”

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