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(60,536 posts) Sun Jun 3, 2018, 10:18 AM Jun 2018

Trump: Why didn't FBI, DOJ tell me agents were 'secretly investigating' Manafort? [View all]

Source: The Hill

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/03/18 09:49 AM EDT

President Trump on Sunday blasted the FBI and Department of Justice for not telling him that agents were “secretly investigating" his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, during the 2016 election.

“As only one of two people left who could become President, why wouldn’t the FBI or Department of “Justice” have told me that they were secretly investigating Paul Manafort (on charges that were 10 years old and had been previously dropped) during my campaign?” Trump asked in a tweet.

He added that Manafort “came into the campaign very late and was with us for a short period of time,” but said the campaign “should have been told that Comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he wouldn’t have been hired!”

Link to tweet

Trump named Manafort head of his campaign in June 2016, but the businessman stepped down in August of that year after media reports of his dealings with the Ukraine government emerged.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390450-trump-why-didnt-fbi-doj-tell-me-they-were-secretly-investigating

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Trump: Why didn't FBI, DOJ tell me agents were 'secretly investigating' Manafort? [View all] DonViejo Jun 2018 OP

The FBI and others don't tell mob bosses that they are under ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #1

Please review the definition of "secret". forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #30

Oh, let's all take a wild guess why vlyons Jun 2018 #2

... and they will not swear an oath of fealty to you. NCjack Jun 2018 #7

Hilarious! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #3

This is talk radio pablum. underpants Jun 2018 #8

The secret investigations seem to be more productive than the investigations where..... dameatball Jun 2018 #4

My guess is that is vocabulary is so limited PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #5

Maybe your team should have done proper vetting of potential OldHippieChick Jun 2018 #6

Manafort was vetted; his criminal connections were a feature, not a bug. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #33

Operative word OldHippieChick Jun 2018 #34

Comey and the boys? dweller Jun 2018 #9

because he's such a freakin' blabbermouth eShirl Jun 2018 #10

Because they knew duforsure Jun 2018 #11

Trump, you ignorant twit C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #12

Well.....he does believe that everything begins and ends with him, so why not this? dameatball Jun 2018 #13

No, this investigation begins and ends with Russia olddad56 Jun 2018 #24

He and his crew were told about all his treasonous funkies' activities, Mc Mike Jun 2018 #14

Because they knew you already knew he was a crook? And that is why you hired him? appleannie1943 Jun 2018 #15

Well, this is yet another lie and I apologize for the repeat as his tiny fingers were moving, lark Jun 2018 #16

Your staff of "all the best people" didn't ask... JHB Jun 2018 #17

WOW, he really is IQ45 n/t aggiesal Jun 2018 #18

Maybe they didn't tell you because they knew where your allegiances lie. world wide wally Jun 2018 #19

Stupid decides to ask a question.......................and gets a big .... duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh turbinetree Jun 2018 #20

Nonsense pecosbob Jun 2018 #21

Mr. Gotti, Mr. Gotti... flotsam Jun 2018 #22

Well Donny, it wouldn't be a "secret" then, would it? Crash2Parties Jun 2018 #23

King Donald the 1st Firestorm49 Jun 2018 #25

Oh for phuck sake! SummerSnow Jun 2018 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 #27

In related news, John Gotti is really pissed that the feds John Fante Jun 2018 #28

Dolt45 is so clueless..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #29

Umm, could it be they don't trust you, Don? The Con. Nitram Jun 2018 #31

Boo Hoo! He's one of the "best people" from the towering mind of Trump apnu Jun 2018 #32