Manafort and Gates, were charged with "conspiracy against the United States," "conspiracy to launder money" and other offenses. The two were expected in court in Washington by the afternoon.
The Justice Department indictment on Manafort and Gates 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."
Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI.
The Manafort and Gates indictment unsealed on Monday morning does not make any reference to Russia's influence campaign against the presidential election, but it does allege extensive financial ties between Manafort and Gates and powerful Ukrainians.
The Papadopoulos materials, on the other hand, detail the many contacts investigators say he had with Russian-linked operatives. He met at least two people, a man and a woman, who the FBI says were working for the Russian government and had boasted to him about the help it could offer the Trump campaign against Clinton.
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(Score: 5, Disagree) by digitalaudiorock on Monday October 30 2017, @10:37PM
Exactly...and while I'm no fan of HC, anyone who doesn't see what a bullshit, vague smoke screen screen of a non-story this uranium thing is is frankly too far gone for hope.
I mean let's get real: Trump's own family has admitted their attempts to collude with Russia regarding election propaganda ffs...and you only have to look at many [wikipedia.org] various [wikipedia.org] wikipedia [wikipedia.org] entries to see that the entire family is most likely tied up with the Russian mob ffs! Here's a clue: The emperor has no clothes.