2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former Donald Trump campaign aide with connections to Moscow is getting help to pay what he says are mounting legal fees tied to the Russia investigations. Associates of Michael Caputo have set up a new fund to help cover some of Caputo’s $125,000 in estimated costs connected to being a witness for multiple congressional investigations tied to the 2016 presidential campaign, as well as for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. Caputo testified last July to the House Intelligence Committee, and his communications firm said Wednesday he’s still expecting calls to answer questions from Mueller and two Senate committees. The Buffalo-based strategist worked on Trump’s campaign from November 2015 to June 2016, when he was ousted for posting a tweet celebrating the firing of Corey Lewandowski as Trump’s campaign manager. A protégé of GOP operative Roger Stone, Caputo at the time of his resignation was serving on Trump’s bare-bones campaign team as director of communications for caucus operations for the Republican National Convention. Caputo has been in the investigative spotlight because of his work on the Trump campaign, as well as his own business and personal connections to Moscow.”
–Darren Samuelson, “Former Trump aide gets legal defense fund for Russia probes,” Politico, April 25, 2018 1:43 pm