Mueller has not yet interviewed Rohrabacher, the congressman’s spokesman told HuffPost on Friday in a message that also confirmed the 2013 meeting with Manafort. Ukraine is one of the top foreign policy concerns of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rohrabacher has become notorious for being what The New York Times calls “an apologist” for Putin. Russian intelligence officials gave Rohrabacher a code name because they viewed him as a valuable source, The New York Times revealed last year. Rohrabacher maintains that he is simply motivated by a sincere desire for better relations between Washington and Moscow.

Source: Huffington Post February 23, 2018 22:41 UTC