Mueller Reveals Search in Manafort Case, Suggesting New Path
- Prosecutors got March 9 warrant to search five AT&T phones
- Court filing doesn’t say if Manafort is target of new probe
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed to lawyers for Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, that they obtained a search warrant for information about five telephone numbers, suggesting the sprawling investigation may be headed in a new direction.
Prosecutors disclosed Thursday they got the warrant on March 9, or two weeks after Manafort was indicted for a second time amid Mueller’s investigation into links between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign in the 2016 election. The warrant also was signed about two weeks after Manafort’s former right-hand man, Rick Gates, pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators.