Ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort charged with 'conspiracy against the United States'
From cnbc.com
President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, surrendered Monday to face charges in the Russia election probe, authorities said. Manafort's former longtime business partner, Rick Gates, also was charged and told to surrender. Multiple law enforcement sources told NBC News that Manafort's charge or charges are likely tax related and that there was a statute of limitations issue in play that may have helped drive Monday's action. The Wall Street Journal reported that indictments had been returned on Friday on charges including tax fraud. News that Manafort and Gates had been charged was first ...
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