Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr apparently supplied the White House counsel's office with information about FBI investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Mueller's report
But Burr supplying Trump's aides with information about the FBI probe could undercut some of those warm bipartisan feelings. Burr did not respond to a request for comment, nor did the Senate Intelligence Committee's ranking member, Mark Warner .
On March 16, 2017, the special counsel's office was briefed by Burr on "4-5 targets" of the Russia probe, according to notes taken by former White House counsel Don McGahn's chief of staff, Annie Donaldson. Those targets were identified as former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, campaign aide Carter Page and "Greek Guy" George Papadopoulos, who was charged with lying to the FBI, according to Donaldson's notes.
McGahn and Donaldson said that they believed those people were being investigated by the Senate Intelligence Committee, but the special counsel's office was skeptical. The committee "does not formally investigate individuals as 'targets'; the notes on their face reference the FBI, the Department of Justice, and Comey; and the notes track the background materials prepared by the FBI for Comey's briefing to the Gang of 8 [congressional leaders] on March 9," the Mueller report reads.
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