US government probes Michael Moore over Cuba trip

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NEW YORK (AFP) — Campaigning documentary maker Michael Moore is being investigated by the US government over a recent trip to Cuba as part of a new film about the US healthcare system, his spokeswoman said Thursday.

Moore, who won an Oscar for the 2002 film "Bowling for Columbine," was under investigation for taking a group of September 11 rescue workers to Cuba for medical treatment and thereby breaking a 45-year-old US embargo on the country.

A copy of a letter from the US treasury written to Moore and seen by AFP gives the filmmaker 20 working days to explain the purpose of the trip and give details including departure dates and names and addresses of those who went.

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