WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates were told to surrender to federal authorities Monday morning, the first charges in a special counsel investigation, according to a person involved in the case.
The charges against Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, and Mr. Gates were not immediately clear but represent a significant escalation in a special counsel investigation that has cast a shadow over the president’s first year in office.
At this point in time, there is literally nothing to suggest that Manafort being part of Trump's campaign has anything to do with the charges being brought. But rest assured, the fact that Manafort worked with Trump is what the NYT, Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC will focus on.
Manafort has been investigated previously for offshore banking transactions with a bank in Cyprus. The Manafort Cyprus bank accounts were opened in 2007 and closed sometime between 2012 and 2013. Transactions were made between Manafort and multiple Russian and Ukrainian parties, but there seems to be much focus on transactions between Manafort and Russian oligargh Oleg Deripaska.
The indictment can be seen here:
https://www.scribd.com/document/363002970/Manafort-gates-Indictment-Filed-and-Redacted#from_embed
35 comments:
The Russians brought dirt to the Golden Tower meeting.
The Russians were the second shooter on the grassy knoll.
LOL
I hear the Russians have both the loochness and bigfoot and are willing to sell them, but only to Trump , TRUMP.
Anyone who thinks the trump campaign is having a good day with their chief and underling being indicted is delusional as CH and loretta who are making light of the fact Paulie is now in custody....The fish stinks from the head down and I imagine this is just the first step. Thinking things are honky dorey since there is nothing there proving trump is dirty is most amusing, especially with manafort leading trumps charge.....Gonna be fun watching the spin which has already started. Oh well, the worst is yet to come!!!!! Yep, this is some witch hunt!!!! LOLOLOL
Jerome H. Powell, Appointed by the jv president is at the top of the Democrat Donald Trump's list to head the Federal Reserve, this is going to be a disaster if true.
This is one of the worst thing Democrat Donald Trump has done as the sitting US President.
There are others and Rat, CHT, Ette, CS and I have pointed them out when we disagree with our President, unlike the fawning jv Obama clan.
This is about Manafort.
"The Manafort Cyprus bank accounts were opened in 2007 and closed sometime between 2012 nd 2013."
...when he was with the Podesta boys.
Blogger Loretta said...
This is about Manafort.
Who ran the winning campaign for just a short time!!!!!.....Yep, no problem for donnie since he will blame someone else for hiring him. Typical trump defense...blame someone else...LOL
Opie...
If you want to argue that Trump hired the wrong guy? Have at it.
But Mueller was not appointed to do background checks on the Trump campaign team. He was appointed to look into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
"The Manafort Cyprus bank accounts were opened in 2007 and closed sometime between 2012 nd 2013."
Which proves Hillary was involved????? BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Desperate idiots..
If you want to argue that Trump hired the wrong guy?
I wonder who said that? It was you CH, have at it...LOL And who was watching the campaign? Trump....LOL
2006 to 2015... ok.
146 million dollars by Obama/hillary.
What did they buy?
But Mueller was not appointed to do background checks
Would you not say it was incumbent on trump to know who he was hiring instead of discovering the BS a year after the election? Ever work for someone who didn't do a background check? Sure seems trump did.. Oh well it seems rather late in the process to discover your chief might be a real crook....LOL...Nice spin though, I expect a lot more to be proffered from you and many more with real vested interest....
Stop connecting dots.
Got proof?
AP
9:10 a.m.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy against the United States and other felony charges.
The indictments unsealed Monday in Washington contain 12 counts, including conspiracy to launder money, failing to register as a foreign agent, false statements, and multiple counts of failing to file reports for foreign bank accounts.
Manafort, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Gates, of Richmond, Virginia, both turned themselves in to the FBI on Monday.
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8:45 a.m.
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former business associate, Rick Gates, surrendered to federal authorities Monday. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
The charges are the first in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. Details on the charges have not been released.
Manafort and Gates surrendered to federal authorities in Washington. They are expected in court later Monday to face charges brought by Mueller's team. That's according to one person familiar with the investigation. A second person said that Gates had worked out an arrangement to turn himself in on Monday.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss publicly an ongoing federal probe.
No spin. This is it, 45 is stepping down, 46 Hillary, nope.
46 President Pence.
VP RYAN
HB, LET'S GO dogers, lllllooooollll
Consumer Spending surges, more then in the lost years.
Just a illinformed Lilly white Lady Lynn, the charges are in fact known.
If Trump hired him knowing he knew of Russian ties, he could be indicted. If he didn't even know, then he looks incompetent.
I don't see a good outcome for the President.
Watch out for more "Lock her up." rhetoric.
Let's see....Manafort had a role as a liaison between Russia and the Podesta Group.
During this time, the Uranium One deal was being approved by the White House and Clinton who's foundation got 145 million.
Podesta became her campaign manager...
hmm, still can't see how this may hurt the Democrats ????
Roger -
It's not illegal to know someone has ties to a foreign government and it is not illegal to hire someone that has known ties to a foreign government.
The DNC and Clinton camp hired Christopher Steele "because" they knew he had ties to Russian sources.
You have made some silly statements in the past... but this one is right up there.
KD the leader of idiots posted...
Just a ill-informed Lilly white
Just Wow!!!! The crook in chief about to get a lesson in money laundering done by his campaign head....wonder how he will pass the blame which you know he will.....sad it will not hurt the trump base who accept women being used and potential felons hiding money... George Papadopolous pleads guilty to making false statements to FBI....Isn't that another Trump advisor.....Dayum, the wheels are coming off!!!!!
"I don't see a good outcome for the President."
LOL
Interesting April AP report....
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Podesta Group files new disclosures in Manafort-linked Ukraine lobbying
New filings with the Justice Department acknowledge the work benefited a foreign political party.
By ISAAC ARNSDORF
| 04/12/2017 02:38 PM EDT
Lobbying powerhouse the Podesta Group filed paperwork with the Justice Department today acknowledging that its work years ago for a European nonprofit benefited the same Ukrainian political party once advised by Paul Manafort, who later ran Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
The filings, obtained by POLITICO, appear to clean up the firm’s requirement to disclose its role in foreign lobbying that Manafort reportedly orchestrated. The Podesta Group said it believed its client was an unaffiliated European think tank. But the new paperwork suggests the Justice Department has information tying the think tank to the pro-Russian Ukrainian Party of Regions — a possible source of continuing legal trouble for Manafort, because he never disclosed his own role in the lobbying campaign.
Manafort “is taking appropriate steps in response” to “formal guidance” he recently received from authorities, according to his spokesman, Jason Maloni. Manafort has been in discussions with federal authorities about disclosing his overseas political work since before the 2016 election, Maloni said.
“The work in question was widely known, concluded before Mr. Manafort began working with the Trump campaign and was not conducted on behalf of the Russian government,” Maloni said.
Manafort’s work in Ukraine played a role in his ouster last August from Trump’s campaign. At the time, The Associated Press reported that Manafort, working for pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovych, secretly supervised the lobbying campaign funneled through a Brussels think tank.
The AP obtained emails showing that Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, directed the work of the Podesta Group and another lobbying firm, Mercury
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VERY INTERESTING
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/paul-manafort-lobbying-ukraine-podesta-group-237163
Podesta Group files new disclosures in Manafort-linked Ukraine lobbying
When pedestal and company get indicated for millions of hidden payments, get back to me......Nice try though.....connect the dots....money....manafort....russians....trump.....only degrees of separation to trump....amazing.....
And no degree of separation from the time, the money, Podesta and Clinton...
AMAZING !!!
Look the other way, they have a "D" black skin and a pussy
..connect the dots....money....manafort....russians....trump.....only degrees of separation to trump..
Opie...
There are two degrees of separation you are missing:
1) Time line. These actions took place prior to the 2016 election
2) Manafort's business dealings are actually with Ukraine (not Russia)
Perhaps you are not aware of this, but Ukraine and Russia are not the same country.
DOTS STARTING TO CONNECT !!!
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Tony Podesta stepping down from lobbying giant amid Mueller probe
Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta, founder of the Podesta Group, is stepping down from the firm that bears his name after coming under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Podesta announced his decision during a firm-wide meeting Monday morning and is alerting clients of his impending departure.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/tony-podesta-stepping-down-from-lobbying-giant-amid-mueller-probe-244314
Ouch. That is so sweet.
Opie...
There are two degrees of separation you are missing:
He's missing a lot more than that a functional brain would be a start
Ah I see, the guy was a criminal agent of a foreign nation, lobbying on Russia's behalf in Ukraine, illegally kept that and his income a secret, illegally laundered that money through off-shore accounts, and ran Trump's campaign. But it had nothing to do with the campaign. OK CH ... if you say so ...
... and you've already opined, these charges must mean that Mueller has no leads on Trump and Manafort not cooperating is GOOD news ... sure CH. I'll bet this gets even crazier before it's over
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