By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is trying to determine how much Donald Trump and his inner circle were aware of the campaign team’s contracts with Russia.
To get closer to the mystery, Mueller’s team questioned Sam Clovis, co-chairman of Trump’s election campaign, who testified before the grand jury in late October, two sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters.
“The ultimate question Mueller is after is whether candidate Trump and then President-electTrump knew of the discussions going on with Russia, and who approved or even directed them,” said one source. “That is still just a question.”
The White House declined to comment.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in a deal that involve testimony against the president and his inner circle.
“The investigators now know what Papadopoulos was doing on the Russian front, which he initially tried to conceal, and who he told that to,” said the other source. “Now want to know whether Clovis and others reported these activities and others related to Russia, and if so, to whom,” this source said.
