The guy who cursed at all the members of Congress for driving him out of upstate New York because he had to earn more to pay his legal bills just met with Mueller, and he’s spilling some clues as to where the investigation is going.
Here’s what Michael Caputo said:
Michael Caputo, just interviewed by Bob Mueller’s team, told me: “It’s clear they are still really focused on Russia collusion. ... They know more about the Trump campaign than anyone who ever worked there.” He didn’t want to discuss specifics
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 2, 2018
And…
He added: ”The Senate and the House are net fishing,” Caputo said. “The special counsel is spearfishing. They know what they are aiming at and are deadly accurate.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 2, 2018
Very interesting – we’re seeing a lot of warnings for Trump about the Mueller investigation, and they’re not coming from his opponents, but from his allies. Is he gonna listen?
As our prolific commenters note in the comments on that previous post, Caputo had some very colorful insults for Ted Cruz for his insolence to Trump during the primaries, and he appears to have a lot of connections with Russia himself (which may mean nothing, to be fair).
My colleague @mkraju confirms former Trump campaign aide MICHAEL CAPUTO was interviewed by Mueller's team today. He said the questions were "difficult but fair." Caputo did comms for the Trump campaign, left in June 2016, has many past ties to Russia, and denies any wrongdoing.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 2, 2018
Caputo lived and worked in Russia in the 1990s and later did business with Russian companies, including Gazprom, the Kremlin-controlled energy giant. As a Republican consultant, Caputo worked with Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, who are both entangled in the Russia investigation.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 2, 2018
Interesting. But not dispositive.