Former Trump campaign consultant Rick Gates pleaded guilty to
one count of conspiracy and one count of lying to investigators on
Friday. Special counsel Robert Mueller also unsealed a five-count
superseding indictment against Paul Manafort that included new
allegations. That new indictment had been issued on Feb. 16, 2018.
The cases against the two men are so closely intertwined that
looking at the crimes Gates has confessed to and the evidence he has
offered can provide insight into the current state of the case against
Manafort.
The five-count indictment includes previously reported details
of alleged money laundering, false statements to the Department of
Justice, false and misleading statements in Foreign Agents Registration
Act submissions, failure to register as a foreign agent, and conspiracy
against the United States to hide the alleged lobbying efforts. It also
contained new details of the broader lobbying conspiracy surrounding an
effort to pay European politicians to lobby on behalf of a pro-Russian
political party in the Ukraine.
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Source: slate
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