British and other European intelligence agencies intercepted communications between Trump associates and Russian officials during the presidential campaign, US law enforcement and US and European intelligence sources say.
The communications were captured during routine surveillance of Russian officials and other Russians known to western intelligence. The intercepts were passed on to US intelligence agencies. The British and European intelligence agencies, including Britain’s GCHQ, were not proactively targeting members of the Trump team but rather picked up these communications during what’s known as “incidental collection,” these sources tell CNN.
FBI Director James Comey has acknowledged that an investigation was opened last year into Russia's efforts to influence the election and the question of whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin.
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