The FBI has
searched the home of Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign
chairman as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the
US presidential election.
“FBI agents
executed search warrant at one of Mr Manafort’s residences.
“Mr Manafort
has consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries
and did so on this occasion as well,” FBI spokesman, Jason Maloni, said on
Wednesday.
Agents
raided Manafort’s Virginia home before dawn on July 26, a day after he met
privately with the Senate Intelligence Committee, and seized documents and
other materials, the Washington Post reported.
Manafort, a
Washington lobbyist, had headed Trump’s presidential bid from June to August
2016.
He was
interviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee about his campaign contacts
with Russia and provided documents to congressional investigators.
Manafort
stepped down as Trump’s campaign chief after allegations that he had received
large payments linked to Ukraine’s former pro-Russian government.
He is
presently a key figure in the Justice Department’s probe into Russian election
meddling.
Manafort
participated in a June 2016 meeting with Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr and
son-in-law Jared Kushner with a Russian lawyer in an apparent bid to acquire
damaging information about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
(dpa/NAN)
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