Monday, October 30, 2017

The Manafort Indictment

"The indictment 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 federal special counsel said in a statement.

[Manafort and Gates] laundered over $18 million through offshore accounts, the indictment alleges, using the untaxed proceeds to lead lavish lifestyles. They also failed to register as agents of a foreign principal and made false and misleading statements to hide payments received from Ukraine, it said.

  RT
"Conspiracy against the United States."  That sounds like something that would keep open the line of investigation targeting a charge of collusion in the Trump campaign.

And, here's a worrying thing: The Most Notable Loser will have to resort to some desperate moves to knock this off the front page.

Read the indictment for yourself here.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:


So apparently, this doesn't necessarily mean there was anything going on with a foreign agent.

Renato Mariotti has a thread discussing what the indictment against Manafort and Gates means. You can read the whole thing here.

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