Any procedures for vetting and verifying people or groups who sought to get involved were not widely shared by campaign staff members. Ms. Ramos, who briefly worked for the Trump administration before returning to Florida, suggested that Mrs. Clinton’s allies might have tried to frame the Trump campaign. Mr. Mueller’s team did collect at least some of the Facebook messages and emails sent to the Trump campaign officials in Florida. The dates of the Facebook messages obtained by The Times roughly correspond to those referenced in the indictment. Mr. Tucker, Ms. Giorno, Ms. Ramos and the employee who sent the Facebook messages said they had not been contacted by the special counsel.

Source: New York Times March 08, 2018 20:15 UTC