Britain's Nigel Farage, a leading Brexit campaigner, is a "person of interest" in the U.S. investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the Guardian reported, citing unidentified sources. But it said the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) had "raised the interest" of FBI investigators because of his relationships with individuals connected to both the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. "To my knowledge, the only serious Russian politician that Nigel has spent time with is Garry Kasparov," the spokesman said. Congressman Devin Nunes issued subpoenas to the FBI, the CIA and the NSA for details about any requests from Obama officials to 'unmask' Trump campaign advisers. Trump on Thursday sounded his support for the subpoenas, tweeting that "unmasking and surveillance" under Obama is the "big story."

Source: CBC News June 01, 2017 12:55 UTC