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FILE - In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connection to the Trump campaign, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress returns to Washington, a web of President Donald Trump's family and associates will be in the crosshairs of committees investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia last year, as well as of the high-wattage legal team assembled by Mueller. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Trump family and associates to be in Russia probe crosshairs

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated PressSeptember 5, 2017

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington in June.

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AP source: Mueller team has draft letter on Comey firing

by Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressSeptember 1, 2017

In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, Michael Cohen, an attorney for Donald Trump, arrives in Trump Tower in New York. Cohen acknowledged Monday that the president’s company considered building a Trump Tower in Moscow during the Republican primary, but that the plan was abandoned “for a variety of business reasons.” He said that at one point he reached out to the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin about approvals from the Russian government.

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Lawyer says Trump Tower in Russia considered during campaign

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressAugust 28, 2017

Paul Manafort walks around the floor before the opening session of the Republican Convention in Cleveland in July 2016.

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FBI agents search Manafort’s home in Russia probe

by Chad Day Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 9, 2017

Then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort walks around the convention floor before the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July 2016. A spokesman for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, says that FBI agents served a search warrant at one of his homes.

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UPDATED: FBI agents searched former Trump campaign chair’s home

by Chad Day Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 9, 2017

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein watches at right as Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps away from the podium during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, on leaks of classified material threatening national security. (AP Andrew Harnik)

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Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified info

by Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 4, 2017

Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill in Washington in June.

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Mueller using grand jury in DC in Russia probe

by Chad Day Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 3, 2017

FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray is sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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FBI nominee rejects Trump claim: Russia probe no witch hunt

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressJuly 12, 2017

Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland in July 2016.

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Lawmakers intend to question Trump campaign chairman

by Chad Day Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressJuly 12, 2017

FILE - In this June 29, 2017 file photo, FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray meets with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wray, nominated to replace James Comey as FBI director is described by those close to him as admirably low-key, yet he'd be taking over the law enforcement agency at a moment when its under an intense spotlight. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Low-key FBI director pick would lead agency through tumult

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Sadie Gurman Associated PressJuly 10, 2017