Trump Transition Team Orders Former Aides to Preserve Russia-Related Materials
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Members of President Trumps transition team were ordered on Thursday to preserve documents and other materials related to the investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times.
The memo, from the transition teams general counsels office, is the latest indication that the investigations special counsel, the former F.B.I. director Robert S. Mueller III, is casting a wide net in his inquiry into possible collusion between Mr. Trumps campaign and Moscow.
The memo says former transition team members have a duty to preserve any physical and electronic records that may be related in any way to the subject matter of the pending investigations.
The so-called preservation order covers any transition team information involving Russia or Ukraine. It also seeks any background investigation records involving the former manager of the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort, and his business partner, Rick Gates; the former foreign policy adviser Carter Page; and the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn. Mr. Flynn was fired for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of a call with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/trump-transition-team-russia-inquiry.html?_r=0
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)are they going to find what they're seeking in "official" channels?
When are they going after the paid non-state hackers, the intermediaries who
funneled the payments, the intrusions into our voting databases, files, information,
and perhaps even vote-flipping? 3 counties cost us the election? That's what I read
somewhere. Trump knew enough to spend 1/2 his October life in Pennsylvania. Wonder
why? .016% was the probability of losing those 3, usually Democratic, counties?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)Who knew. Hey, okay, maybe next time.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Guaranteed.