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Canadian whistleblower Christopher Wylie to co-operate with DOJ probe

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Christopher Wylie says Facebook data link may have affected more than 87 million users
WATCH: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie said on Meet the Press on Sunday that leaked data from Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica scandal could be stored in different parts of the world, including Russia, and that the number of users affected could be more than 87 million – Apr 8, 2018

The computer expert who alleges a trove of Facebook data was improperly used to help President Donald Trump‘s campaign in the 2016 election says he will co-operate with a Justice Department investigation.

Christopher Wylie is a whistleblower and former employee of the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which has come under criticism over reports that it swiped the data of about 50 million Facebook users to sway elections.

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Wylie tells NBC’s Meet the Press that he plans to meet with “law enforcement and the Department of Justice.” Special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed by the Justice Department to run the election probe and has been scrutinizing connections between Cambridge Analytica and Trump’s Republican campaign.

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Democrats on a House Intelligence Panel have previously said they would interview Wylie.

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