FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Sunday [6-3-18] questioned why the Justice Department or FBI did not notify him during the campaign that Paul Manafort was under investigation, insisting that Manafort would have never been hired if he had known…In a second tweet, Trump downplayed Manafort’s role on his campaign, saying the Republican strategist ‘came into the campaign very late and was with us for a short period of time,’ but ‘we should have been told that Comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he wouldn’t have been hired!’ Manafort left Trump’s campaign in August 2016 after a brief tenure as chairman after he came under scrutiny for his lobbying history overseas, particularly in Ukraine, where he represented pro-Russian interests. Manafort has been indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller on charges that include alleged bank fraud and foreign lobbying violations, to which he has pleaded not guilty. The charges have come as part of Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and any potential ties between the Russia and Trump campaign associates. Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg responded to Trump’s tweets by saying the President was demonstrating ‘selective memory’ about the reasons for Manafort’s hiring.”
-Veronica Stracqualursi, “Trump rips FBI, DOJ for not notifying him of Manafort investigation,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 4, 2018 8:03 am