Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury

[deminks]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amp/top-trump-campaign-aide-clovis-spoke-mueller-team-grand-jury-n816106

WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified before the investigating grand jury, a person with first-hand knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

Clovis, who is President Donald Trump's pick to be the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, could not be reached for comment. His lawyer, Victoria Toensing, would neither confirm nor deny his interactions with the Mueller team.

"I'm not going to get into that," she said in an interview.

George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in July and began cooperating with agents, records show — disclosing his interactions with a professor and other Russians whom the FBI suggested in court documents may have been working for Russian intelligence agencies.

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The court documents unsealed Monday describe emails between Papadopoulos and an unnamed "campaign supervisor." The supervisor responded "Great work" after Papadopoulos discussed his interactions with Russians who wanted to arrange a meeting with Trump and Russian leaders.

Toensing confirmed that Clovis was the campaign supervisor in the emails. Clovis, a former Air Force officer and Pentagon official who unsuccessfully ran for Iowa State Treasurer in 2014, was the Trump campaign's chief policy adviser and national co-chairman.

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hmmm Victoria Toesing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Toensing

[NightWatcher]

1. Don't you just love how Mueller's team is weeks ahead of the trump admin's lies and denials.

By the time Huckabee lies about something, Mueller is steps ahead of them. You'd think they'd realize this and cut it out instead of continuing to dig deeper.

[snooper2]

2. Her name is Fuckabee! I wish people would remember that!

Sheesh!

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. You're wrong!

It's Upchuckabee!

Gah!

[lagomorph777]

3. Any RePutin who votes to confirm this crook is in serious trouble.

Like Mueller trouble. Like Obstruction trouble.

[NightWatcher]

4. I can't believe that he hasn't been dropped from consideration for USDA yet

They're asking for trouble

[marylandblue]

5. Too late for that.

He's already either lied to Mueller or told the truth. Either way they are fucked.

[C_U_L8R]

6. I think Mueller's interviewed a lot of Trump's people

and its so gratifying to know that Trump will have to guess who's on his side and whose turned.

[Turn CO Blue]

8. Clovis is truly cooked if that whackjob Victoria Toensing is the best he can do for a lawyer. LMAO.