Mark Zuckerberg says Mueller’s office has interviewed Facebook employees in the Russia investigation

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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the special counsel Robert Mueller has contacted the company as part of the Russia investigation.
• Zuckerberg added that “there may be” subpoenas that Mueller’s team sent to the company or its employees.
• He also said it is “entirely possible” that a Russian troll farm indicted in the Russia probe used private Facebook user data harvested by the embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company is working with the special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigates Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election.

Zuckerberg added that some Facebook employees have been interviewed, and that “there may be” subpoenas sent to the company or its employees, but clarified that he was “not aware” of any. Zuckerberg said the special counsel had not interviewed him personally.

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