FBI officials concluded they had the legal authority to open the investigation after receiving info that George Papadopoulos was told that Moscow had compromising info on Clinton, according to NYT.

NYT says there's no evidence it was a political move. https://t.co/3lSseM9yCp pic.twitter.com/DtmBwQxmkG

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