Manafort is a lying sack of shit!

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/donald-trump-aides-russians-campaign/index.html

Dump aides were in constant touch with senior Russian officials during campaign

Both the frequency of the communications during early summer and the proximity to Dump of those involved "raised a red flag" with US intelligence and law enforcement, according to these officials. The communications were intercepted during routine intelligence collection targeting Russian officials and other Russian nationals known to US intelligence. Among several senior Dump advisers regularly communicating with Russian nationals were then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and then-adviser Michael Flynn.

Officials emphasized that communications between campaign staff and representatives of foreign governments are not unusual. However, these communications stood out to investigators due to the frequency and the level of the Dump advisers involved. Investigators have not reached a judgment on the intent of those conversations. Adding to US investigators' concerns were intercepted communications between Russian officials before and after the election discussing their belief that they had special access to Dump, two law enforcement officials tell CNN. These officials cautioned the Russians could have been exaggerating their access.

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In an interview, Manafort emphatically denied that he was in contact with Russians known to US intelligence.

"That is 100% not true, at least as far as me," he said. "I cannot believe that they are including me in anything like that. I have not been involved in any of these activities."

Manafort said he did not know where US officials got the idea that he was in contact with suspected Russian operatives during the campaign but said he never spoke with any Russian officials during that time.

"I don't remember talking to any Russian officials, ever. Certainly during the time we're talking about," he said, calling the allegations "boggling." "I have knowingly never talked to any intelligence official or anyone in Russia regarding anything of what's under investigation," he said. "I have never had any connection to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin or the Russian government before, during or after the campaign."

Manafort said the FBI has not contacted him about the allegations and said he was not aware of any other Dump campaign officials or people close to Trump being in touch with Russians known to US intelligence.

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1. But he knew nothing