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Manafort Indicted : Admits to Lying About Ties to Russia
By ADAM GOLDMAN and NICHOLAS FANDOS
October 30, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - President Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was indicted Monday on charges that he funneled millions of dollars through overseas shell companies and used the money to buy luxury cars, real estate, antiques and expensive suits.
The charges against Mr. Manafort and his longtime associate Rick Gates represent a significant escalation in a special counsel investigation that has cast a shadow over Mr. Trump’s first year in office.
Separately, one of the early foreign policy advisers to Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about a contact with a Russian professor with ties to Kremlin officials, prosecutors said on Monday. Continue
Former
Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Faces 12
Federal Charges
An indictment against him for conspiracy against
the United States, conspiracy to launder money,
false statements, and other charges, is the
first to emerge from special counsel Robert
Mueller’s investigation into Russia interference
in the 2016 election.
By David A. Graham
The indictment, which was unsealed on Monday, contains 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading statements under the Foreign Agent Registration Act, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. - Continue
Trump tweets 'NO COLLUSION'
By Darlene Superville
President Donald Trump said alleged misdeeds by
ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort were "years
ago," and asserted there was "NO COLLUSION!"
between his campaign and the Russian government.
Responding to news that two former senior
campaign aides were charged by special counsel
Robert Mueller, the president asked on Twitter
why "Crooked Hillary & Dems" aren't the focus of
the probe. His Twitter response marked the first
official comment by the White House on the news
that Manafort and Rick Gates turned themselves
into federal authorities in the first arrests in
Mueller's probe into Russian involvement in the
2016 election.
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Ex-Trump campaign aide pleads guilty to lying to
FBI agents
Separate from the Manafort indictment, George
Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to
the Trump campaign, pleaded guilty earlier this
month to making false statements to FBI agents,
according to the office of the US special
prosecutor Bob Mueller.
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Trump adviser George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying about Russia contacts
By Lauren Gambino
Ex-Trump campaign aide pleads guilty to lying to FBI agents
Separate from the Manafort indictment, George
Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to
the Trump campaign, pleaded guilty earlier this
month to making false statements to FBI agents,
according to the office of the US special
prosecutor Bob Mueller.
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How Team Hillary played the press for fools on
Russia
By Paul Sperry
Hillary Clinton’s campaign didn’t just pay for the Kremlin-aided smear job on Donald Trump before the election; she continued to use the dirt after the election to frame her humiliating loss as a Russian conspiracy to steal the election. Continue
See also -
Manafort, Gates Placed Under House Arrest After Not Guilty Pleas
Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort indicted in US on 12 counts over Ukraine lobbying
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