Thursday, August 10, 2017

Trump Surprised by FBI Raid on Manafort Home: ‘Pretty Tough Stuff’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he was surprised by the early-morning FBI raid on the residence of his former top campaign aide Paul Manafort, calling it a "very, very strong signal or whatever."

"I thought it was a very — you know, they do that very seldom, so I was surprised to see it," Trump said of the raid during a lengthy, wide-ranging question-and-answer session with a group of reporters at his 
Bedminster golf club. "I was very, very surprised to see it."

Trump said he's always found Manafort to be "a very decent man," and added that he hasn't spoken to him "in a long time." 

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