Special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's team has interviewed at least one Facebook employee tasked with helping the Trump campaign’s digital operations during the 2016 campaign, Wired reported on Friday.

The report, which cited a source familiar with the matter, does not say when the employee was questioned nor does it detail the focus of the interview.

A spokesman for Facebook told The Hill that he could not confirm the report. A spokesperson for the special counsel's office declined a request to comment for the Wired report.

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Mueller’s team has been investigating for months any collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia.

During the election, Facebook deployed employees to embed with the Trump campaign to assist its digital operations. The company also worked with Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE’s campaign team but did not have employees embedded with them.

The company has also been scrutinized by Congress for selling more than 3,000 ads to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian “troll farm” alleged to have carried out misinformation operations online during the campaign.