Wiretapped calls between Trump and Paul Manafort would have difficult road to disclosure

Published September 20, 2017 4:01am ET



If President Trump spoke with Paul Manafort while his former campaign manager was being wiretapped, experts say there’s no quick legal route to disclose the existence or content of intercepted calls.

Public disclosure isn’t guaranteed because two reported wiretap orders targeting Manafort were issued under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, rather than via the ordinary criminal wiretap statute.

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