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- Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators are reportedly questioning witnesses about events from the 2016 Republican National Convention.
- Investigators have reportedly asked questions about conversations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions, then a Trump campaign adviser, had at a convention event attended by then-Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
- Another issue Mueller’s team has been asking about is how and why the Republican Party platform language that was hostile to Russia was deleted from a section of the document related to Ukraine.
Investigators probing whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia have been questioning witnesses about events at the 2016 Republican National Convention, according to two sources familiar with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiries.
Mueller’s team has been asking about a convention-related event attended by both Russia’s U.S. ambassador and Jeff Sessions, the first U.S. senator to support Trump and now his attorney general, said one source, who requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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