New York Daily News

This could take a while

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One week before he took the oath of office, Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack as “FAKE NEWS” publicatio­n of a dossier alleging a series of shady connection­s between himself, his team and Russia. As his string of invective wrapped up, he promised: “My people will have a full report on hacking within 90 days!” Day 90 came and went Thursday. No report. Meanwhile, there’s mounting evidence that there were at least some shenanigan­s afoot between members of Trump’s team and the Kremlin.

On Day 88, in the latest drip among enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, the Washington Post reported that the Foreign Intelligen­ce Surveillan­ce Court approved a warrant to monitor Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page.

Which is to say: A judge deemed there was probable cause to believe that Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power.

On Day 89, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort disclosed that he would retroactiv­ely register as a foreign agent given his ties to Ukraine.

On Day 90, Page admitted he may have discussed the lifting of U.S. sanctions while on a Moscow trip last July.

That makes at least three Trump advisers — exNational Security Adviser Michael Flynn is the other — who were cozy as clams with Russia.

Surely, all this will be explained when Team Trump finally releases its hacking report. On day 900, perhaps? It might have been a typo.

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