This is the fourth time CNN has gotten documents like these from the Justice Department regarding the Mueller investigation, as part of a lawsuit in conjunction with BuzzFeed News. CNN and BuzzFeed continue to fight for access to more documents from the Mueller investigation in court. Russia 'important' to Trump campaign in 2016Former Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos told investigators that during a phone interview with former Trump campaign national co-chairman Sam Clovis in March 2016 for a job on the campaign, Clovis mentioned that Russia would be "important" to the campaign. He met on multiple occasions with FBI agents apparently without a lawyer present, according to notes taken by the agents. The Trump campaign aides also removed language that called for the US to financially support Ukraine's nascent anti-corruption bureau.

Source: CNN January 17, 2020 22:02 UTC