Former campaign chief Trump testifies about Russia

washington - The former head of the election campaign of Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, will be a commission of inquiry of Congress tell what he was doing earlier in Russia. The chairman of the committee, Devin Nunes, announced this Friday.

Nunes' commission examines whether during the election campaign contacts between people from the entourage of Trump and members of the Russian government. The FBI is investigating whether the Kremlin has tried to influence the elections in the US, in favor of Trump.

Manafort worked according to US media of at least 2006 to 2009 for an ally of Russian President Putin, aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska. Manafort would power be paid to develop a strategy that was designed to the international business community, the media and managers at home and abroad to vote on Putin favorable.