Not exact matches
The Manafort /
Gates indictment was unsealed Monday morning, and it contains 12 counts: conspiracy
against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.
The
indictments against Manafort and
Gates are the first since James Comey launched the investigation over a year ago.
Torossian said on Monday that the allegations in paragraphs 22 and 23 of Mueller's
indictment against Manafort and
Gates «are exactly what they told me and wanted me to do.»
Gates» decision comes just a day after Mueller leveled 32 new charges
against Gates and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in a superseding
indictment, accusing them of financial crimes related to tax and bank fraud.
The
indictment of President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate Rick
Gates includes a count of «conspiracy
against the United States.»
Though frustrated that the media were linking him to the
indictment and tarnishing his presidency, he cheered that the charges
against Manafort and his deputy, Rick
Gates, were focused primarily on activities that began before his campaign.
With the unsealing of a 12 - count
indictment against Manafort and
Gates and a guilty plea from Papadopolous, Mueller signaled his Russia probe has taken him far beyond the campaign, former prosecutors and legal experts said.
On the US side,
indictments have been issued
against Paul Manafort, a former Trump campaign chairman; Rick
Gates, a former business associate of Mr Manafort and campaign adviser; George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign adviser, and Michael Flynn, Mr Trump's former national security adviser.
This morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced a new
indictment against attorney Alex van der Zwaan for lying to federal investigators about
Gates.