President Trump said Thursday that he knew nothing about his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, allegedly sharing 2016 presidential campaign polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate the FBI has said has ties to Russian intelligence. That information was included in a court filing this week that appeared to inadvertently include details not intended to be made public and indicates a pathway by which the Russians could have had access to Trump campaign data. [Paul Manafort shared 2016 polling data with Russian associate, according to court filing]Trump’s response comes as special counsel Robert S. Mueller III continues to probe whether there was coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. The special counsel alleged Manafort “lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign,” according to the unredacted filing. The source of that data, including whether it came from the Trump campaign, is unclear.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2019 15:33 UTC