Report: CIA set up task-force in 2016 to investigate possible Russian funding of President-elect's campaign

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January 14, 2017 5:33 PM

All three associates contacted, but not named, by the BBC, denied the allegations. The current status of the investigation is unclear.

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A US counterintelligence task force was established by the CIA in 2016 to investigate possible Russian funding of President-elect Donald Trumps presidential campaign, the BBC reported on Friday.

The task force included the

was set up after the director of the CIA, John Brennan, received a recording of a conversation a

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