Former Trump campaign consultant Michael Caputo said on Wednesday that he has not been contacting with the Department of Justice, or special counsel Robert Mueller, regarding the probe into Russia’s alleged interference in the election in 2016, The Hill reports.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Caputo said that he has not been included into Mueller’s investigation, which is a great difference from his inclusion in the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe.
Last month, the former consultant voluntarily spoke with lawmakers on the House intelligence panel in a closed session. After his interview, Caputo criticized the committee’s probe, noting it was “starting to feel like a rigged game.”
He has also called on the panel to release the transcript of his interview, after Republican Jackie Speier implied that Michael Caputo may have lied during his testimony. Caputo has denied improper contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. He left the campaign in June 2016.
Caputo worked in Russia during the 1990s and 2000s, first with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and later with the media arm of Gazprom, the Russian state-owned energy company. The special counsel and multiple congressional committees are examining Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, as well as possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
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