Expensive suits in the closet. According to another new report, manafort was under Government Surveillance before and after the election. Cnn reporting he was wiretapped under fisa warrants. According to that report, the government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when manafort was known to talk to president donald trump. Sharon lafraniere is a reporter who broke the story tonight. She joins me by phone. Your reporting is they told manafort they planned to indict him. How common is that . Thats not that uncommon that a prosecutor would say we dont believe your story, youre not really cooperating with us. Were going to indict you. The difference here, i think,
might be, as my colleagues found out is that they threatened an imminent indictment and this was in the summer and we havent seen it. One of the themes of the piece is the approach of mueller and how it differs particularly in white color investigations. The report says its more like that mafia investiga
might be, as my colleagues found out is that they threatened an imminent indictment and this was in the summer and we haven t seen it. one of the themes of the piece is the approach of mueller and how it differs particularly in white color investigations. the report says it s more like that mafia investigation. explain what that means. i think we re seeing that they re trying to create a sense of fear, right, that look, we re a bunch of sobs and don t try to play the usual white collar game with us and stretch it out because we re not playing by those rules. and typically, in a white collar case, the attorney would the defense attorneys would say, okay, let s spell this out.