The following article by Spencer S. Hsu and Rosalind S. Helderman was posted on the Washington Post website March 28, 2018:
The FBI has found that a business associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort had ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, including during the 2016 presidential campaign when Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, were in touch with the associate, according to new court filings.
The documents, filed late Tuesday by prosecutors for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, also allege that Gates has said he knew the associate was a former officer with the Russian military intelligence service. Continue reading “Manafort associate had Russian intelligence ties during 2016 campaign, prosecutors say”