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Manafort indictment: Charges against Trump’s ex-campaign chairman explained
After months of investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, a federal grand jury indicted Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, and his business associate Rick Gates on 12 counts in connection with Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Here’s what happened.
President Donald Trumps former campaign chair Paul Manafort and former colleague Rick Gates pleaded not guilty of charges resulting from Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russian presidential-election meddling probe.
Manaforts bail was set at $10M and Gates at $5M. Mueller’s team has asked that both men be placed under house arrest, which, CNN legal pundit Jeffrey Toobin translated means Mueller’s camp is making the case to the judge that both men are flight risks.
The two men had been indicted on 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false…
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