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Question: [Hereâs what we know so far about Team Trumpâs ties to Russian interests]
Trump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation . Officials say that changed shortly after  Comeyâs  firing.
Five people briefed on the interview requests  speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly  said that Daniel Coats  the current director of national intelligence  Mike Rogers  head of the National Security Agency  and  Rogersâs  recently departed deputy  Richard Ledgett  agreed to be interviewed by Muellerâs investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy  and it is unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI.
The White House now refers all questions about the Russia investigation to Trump âs  personal attorney  Marc Kasowitz.
The obstruction-of-justice investigation of the president began days after  Comey  was fired on May 9  according to people familiar with the matter. Muellerâs office has taken up that work  and the preliminary interviews scheduled with intelligence officials indicate that his team is actively pursuing potential witnesses inside and outside the government.
[Inside Trumpâs anger and impatience â and his sudden decision to fire  Comey ]
The interviews suggest that Mueller sees the question of attempted obstruction of justice as more than just a â he  said   he  saidâ dispute between the president and the fired FBI director  an official said.
 Comey  confirmed publicly in congressional testimony on March 20 that the bureau was investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
Comeyâs statement before the House Intelligence Committee upset Trump  who has repeatedly denied that any coordination with the Russians took place. Trump had wanted  Comey  to disclose publicly that  he  was not personally under investigation  but the FBI director refused to do so.
Coats told associates that Trump had asked him whether Coats could intervene with  Comey  to get the bureau to back off its focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in its Russia probe  according to officials. Coats later told lawmakers that he never felt pressured to intervene.
Republican lawmakers seized on Comeyâs testimony to point out that Trump was not in the FBIâs crosshairs when  Comey  led the bureau.
âI expect loyalty â Trump told  Comey   according to written testimony

Answer: James B. Comey


Question: LONDON (Reuters) -  When Comcast (CMCSA.O) boss Brian Roberts  was weighing up a $31 billion offer for British broadcaster Sky (SKYB.L)  a trip to see Skyâs products in store  and the knowledge of the London cab driver that took  him  there  helped to make up  his  mind.
 Chief Executive Roberts  said the visit was one of a number of things that confirmed Sky as a âjewelâ that his company should try to acquire  as Comcast looks to boost international revenues as growth in the United States slows.
 Roberts  said  he  had closely tracked what Sky had been doing for years  but last November   he  had an unexpected reminder of Skyâs influence as Europeanâs biggest pay-TV provider while in a cab with a colleague.
âI suggested that we jump in a taxi and go to one of the malls and get a demo of Sky in one of their shops. And we had a fabulous experience â  Roberts  told reporters on a call.
 Roberts  said that while the experience wasnât the deciding factor in moving forward with the bid  it reiterated the media groupâs value to the chief executive.

Answer: Brian Roberts


Question: The adviser   George Papadopoulos   offered to set up âa meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump â telling them  his  Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity  according to internal campaign emails read to The Washington Post.
But  Papadopoulos   a campaign volunteer with scant foreign policy experience  persisted. Between March and September  the self-described energy consultant sent at least a half-dozen requests for Trump  as he turned from primary candidate to party nominee  or for members of his team to meet with Russian officials. Among those to express concern about the effort was then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort  who rejected in May 2016 a proposal from  Papadopoulos  for Trump to do so.
The exchanges are among more than 20 000 pages of documents the Trump campaign turned over to congressional committees this month after review by White House and defense lawyers. The selection of  Papadopoulos âs emails were read to The Post by a person with access to them. Two other people with access to the emails confirmed the general tone of the exchanges and some specific passages within them.
A 2016 tweet from Donald Trump shows George Papadopoulos  third from left. (Twitter)
 Papadopoulos  emerges from the sample of emails as a new and puzzling figure in the examination of the Trump campaignâs contacts with Russian officials and their proxies during the 2016 election  now the subject of a special-counsel investigation.
Less than a decade out of college   Papadopoulos  appeared to hold little sway within the campaign  and it is unclear whether  he  was acting as an intermediary for the Russian government  although  he  told campaign officials  he  was.
While the emails illustrate  his  eagerness to strengthen the campaignâs connections to the Russian government   Papadopoulos  does not spell out in them why it would be in Trumpâs interest to do so.  His  entreaties appear to have generated more concern than excitement within the campaign  which at the time was looking to seal the Republican nomination and take on a heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the general election.
Three months after  Papadopoulos  raised the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Russian President VladiÂ­mir Putin  the presidentâs son Donald Trump Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with a delegation led by a Russian lawyer offering to provide damaging information on Clinton.
Manafort attended that Trump Tower session in June 2016  a meeting now under scrutiny in the special counselâs collusion inquiry. But the new emails reveal that Manafort had rejected a request from  Papadopoulos  just the previous month to set up a meeting between Trump and Russian officials.
And also in July  a few weeks after  Papadopoulos  asked  his  superiors whether other campaign advisers or aides could accept some of the Russiansâ invitations  Carter Page  another foreign policy adviser  spoke at a Russian university in Moscow. Page said  he  made the trip independently of the campaign.
Papadopoulos  a former intern and researcher at the conservative Hudson Institute  was on a list of campaign volunteers that Trump announced as his foreign policy advisory team during a meeting with The Postâs editorial board in March 2016. Trump called  Papadopoulos  an âexcellent guy.â
Almost immediately   Papadopoulos  came under scrutiny for  his  lack of experience.  He  graduated from college in 2009  and  his  LinkedIn profile cited  his  participation in a Model U.N. program for students among  his  qualifications.  Papadopoulos  did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Page  who has been the subject of a foreign surveillance warrant over  his  connections to Russia  said the  Papadopoulos  email exchange was another sign that the Russia communications were inconsequential.
âThe entirely benign offer from a volunteer member of the Trump movement is infinitely less relevant than the real collusion in the 2016 election â said Page  who was copied on the first  Papadopoulos  email communication in March. Page said in an email exchange Saturday that âthe real scandal lies among Clinton and Obama associates who fed false evidenceâ to investigators that he said formed the basis of the federal warrant concerning him.
 Papadopoulos  made more than a half-dozen overtures on behalf of Russians or people with Russia contacts whom  he  claimed to know.
Undeterred   Papadopoulos  alerted then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in an April email that  he  was receiving âa lot of calls over the past monthâ about arranging a Russia meeting.

Answer:
George Papadopoulos