Manhattan U.S. attorney adds to probes of ex-Trump aide Manafort: reportsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan is investigating Paul Manafort for potential money laundering, according to media reports, adding to other federal and state probes targeting President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager. The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York launched the probe in conjunction with federal special counsel Robert Mueller, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Tuesday. Bloomberg separately reported that subpoenas had been issued in the case. Representatives for Manafort did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reports. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, led by acting U.S. attorney Joon Kim, had no comment.      The probe marks the latest investigation of Manafort that comes amid the ongoing larger examination of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and possible collusion by the Trump campaign and associates.  Separate investigations into Manafort’s financial transactions have been launched by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, including scrutiny of Manafort’s real estate deals.  U.S. investigators examining Manafort’s financial transactions are seeking to push him into cooperating with their probe into the possible collusion, two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation have said.  Manafort, who headed the Trump campaign for several months before resigning, has not been accused of any wrongdoing. Mueller’s team and congressional investigators are also probing Manafort, whose Virginia apartment was raided by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in July.  Russia has denied any meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump has denied any collusion by his campaign and has condemned the investigation as a political witch hunt. Reports of the latest probe come as Trump is poised to appoint dozens of new U.S. attorneys across the United States, including in New York after seeking mass resignations earlier this year. Kim took over as the Manhattan U.S. attorney when Trump fired Preet Bharara as part of the wave of resignations in March.  Earlier this month, Politico reported that Trump personally interviewed at least two candidates for the positions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, an unusual move that raised some questions given Trump’s business roots in New York.  The Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office is examining Kushner Cos, the company owned by the family of Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner, according to the Journal. The White House and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions have defended Trump’s right to talk with potential nominees, Politico said.  The U.S. Senate must approve whomever Trump nominates, a move that could be complicated by the Manafort and other probes. politicsNews
manhattan attorney adds probes aide manafort reportswashington reuters the attorney office manhattan investigating paul manafort potential money laundering according media reports adding federal state probes targeting president donald trump former campaign manager the attorney southern district new york launched probe conjunction federal special counsel robert mueller wall street journal reported late tuesday bloomberg separately reported subpoena issued case representatives manafort immediately respond request comment reports the manhattan attorney office led acting attorney joon kim comment the probe marks latest investigation manafort comes amid ongoing larger examination alleged russian meddling presidential race possible collusion trump campaign associates separate investigations manafort financial transactions launched new york attorney general eric schneiderman manhattan district attorney cyrus dance including scrutiny manafort real estate deals investigators examining manafort financial transactions seeking push cooperating probe possible collusion two sources direct knowledge investigation said manafort headed trump campaign several months resigning accused wrongdoing mueller team congressional investigators also probing manafort whose virginia apartment raided agents federal bureau investigation july russia denied meddling election trump denied collusion campaign condemned investigation political witch hunt reports latest probe come trump poised appoint dozens new attorneys across united states including new york seeking mass resignations earlier year kim took manhattan attorney trump fired greet barbara part wave resignations march earlier month politico reported trump personally interviewed least two candidates positions manhattan brooklyn unusual move raised questions given trump business roots new york the brooklyn attorney office examining pusher cos company owned family trump white house adviser jared pusher according journal the white house attorney general jeff sessions defended trump right talk potential nominees politico said the senate must approve whomever trump nominates move could complicated manafort probes politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Manhattan U.S. attorney adds to probes of ex-Trump aide Manafort: reportsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan is investigating Paul Manafort for potential money laundering, according to media reports, adding to other federal and state probes targeting President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager. The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York launched the probe in conjunction with federal special counsel Robert Mueller, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Tuesday. Bloomberg separately reported that subpoenas had been issued in the case. Representatives for Manafort did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reports. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, led by acting U.S. attorney Joon Kim, had no comment.      The probe marks the latest investigation of Manafort that comes amid the ongoing larger examination of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and possible collusion by the Trump campaign and associates.  Separate investigations into Manafort’s financial transactions have been launched by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, including scrutiny of Manafort’s real estate deals.  U.S. investigators examining Manafort’s financial transactions are seeking to push him into cooperating with their probe into the possible collusion, two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation have said.  Manafort, who headed the Trump campaign for several months before resigning, has not been accused of any wrongdoing. Mueller’s team and congressional investigators are also probing Manafort, whose Virginia apartment was raided by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in July.  Russia has denied any meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump has denied any collusion by his campaign and has condemned the investigation as a political witch hunt. Reports of the latest probe come as Trump is poised to appoint dozens of new U.S. attorneys across the United States, including in New York after seeking mass resignations earlier this year. Kim took over as the Manhattan U.S. attorney when Trump fired Preet Bharara as part of the wave of resignations in March.  Earlier this month, Politico reported that Trump personally interviewed at least two candidates for the positions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, an unusual move that raised some questions given Trump’s business roots in New York.  The Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office is examining Kushner Cos, the company owned by the family of Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner, according to the Journal. The White House and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions have defended Trump’s right to talk with potential nominees, Politico said.  The U.S. Senate must approve whomever Trump nominates, a move that could be complicated by the Manafort and other probes. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: manhattan attorney adds probes aide manafort reportswashington reuters the attorney office manhattan investigating paul manafort potential money laundering according media reports adding federal state probes targeting president donald trump former campaign manager the attorney southern district new york launched probe conjunction federal special counsel robert mueller wall street journal reported late tuesday bloomberg separately reported subpoena issued case representatives manafort immediately respond request comment reports the manhattan attorney office led acting attorney joon kim comment the probe marks latest investigation manafort comes amid ongoing larger examination alleged russian meddling presidential race possible collusion trump campaign associates separate investigations manafort financial transactions launched new york attorney general eric schneiderman manhattan district attorney cyrus dance including scrutiny manafort real estate deals investigators examining manafort financial transactions seeking push cooperating probe possible collusion two sources direct knowledge investigation said manafort headed trump campaign several months resigning accused wrongdoing mueller team congressional investigators also probing manafort whose virginia apartment raided agents federal bureau investigation july russia denied meddling election trump denied collusion campaign condemned investigation political witch hunt reports latest probe come trump poised appoint dozens new attorneys across united states including new york seeking mass resignations earlier year kim took manhattan attorney trump fired greet barbara part wave resignations march earlier month politico reported trump personally interviewed least two candidates positions manhattan brooklyn unusual move raised questions given trump business roots new york the brooklyn attorney office examining pusher cos company owned family trump white house adviser jared pusher according journal the white house attorney general jeff sessions defended trump right talk potential nominees politico said the senate must approve whomever trump nominates move could complicated manafort probes politicsnews