Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman’s home searched by FBI
Paul Manafort’s home was searched on July 26.
FBI agents searched one of the homes of US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
Mr Manafort’s past foreign political work has been swept into the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
A spokesman for Mr Manafort, Jason Maloni, said in a statement that FBI agents had obtained a warrant and searched one of Mr Manafort’s homes.
The Washington Post, which first reported the raid, said agents working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller conducted the search on the morning of July 26 at Mr Manafort’s home in Alexandria, Virginia.
Mr Maloni said: “Mr Manafort has consistently co-operated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries and did so on this occasion as well.”
Mr Manafort has been a subject of a long-standing FBI investigation into his dealings in Ukraine and work for the country’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych.
That investigation has been incorporated into the probe led by Mr Mueller, who is also scrutinising Mr Manafort’s role in the Trump campaign as he looks into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and any possible collusion with Trump associates.
Mr Manafort, who led the Trump campaign for several months, has denied any wrongdoing. He also spoke behind closed doors to Senate investigators for an interview just one day before the search of his home.
