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MelissaB

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 04:33 PM Mar 2018

Special Counsel studies Trump campaign ties to Cambridge Analytics, sources say [View all]

Source: ABC News

As questions have mounted about data firm Cambridge Analytica’s alleged misuse of Facebook data from up to 50 million user profiles, it has not only caught the eye of Congressional investigators but also the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team for the last several weeks has had a growing interest to better understand the relationship between the campaign, the Republican National Committee, and Cambridge Analytica, sources tell ABC News.

The company is also under investigation by British officials for its use of Facebook users’ data.

Sources tell ABC News several digital experts who worked in support of Trump’s bid in 2016 have met with Mueller's team for closed-door interviews. The staffers, most of whom were employed by the RNC, served as key members of the 2016 operation working closely with the campaign and the data firm, the sources said. The company worked closely with the Republican candidate’s political team.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsel-studies-trump-campaign-ties-cambridge-analytics/story?id=53903252

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K&R red dog 1 Mar 2018 #1
I like it. I like it...... pangaia Mar 2018 #2
hmm, what is interesting... getagrip_already Mar 2018 #3
Lots of data laundering by people with lots of experience money laundering. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #7
The mud is oozing everywhere now and I don't see bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #4
I would have thought that Mueller and his team of pros BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #5
Brilliant! ffr Mar 2018 #6
that would partly explain why the gop won't protect muehler.... getagrip_already Mar 2018 #10
I hate how long this is dragging out LiberalLovinLug Mar 2018 #8
Me too. Scruffy1 Mar 2018 #9
Perhaps AC_Mem Mar 2018 #11
Some HUGE questions: KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #12
r'd poboy2 Mar 2018 #13
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