US intel caught Trump team talking with Russians in 2015, before presidential campaign began

In 2015, U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring the communications of Russian agents overheard them talking "about meetings held outside the U.S. involving Russian government officials and Trump business associates or advisers.

That was before Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign began.

The Wall Street Journal reports that In light of the release of emails Tuesday by Donald Trump Jr., the presidents eldest son, investigators are going back to early reports of chatter between Russians in the U.S. and members of Trump's inner circle, to see if they can better understand the intercepted conversations.

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