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The special counsel Robert Mueller obtained a search warrant against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort as recently as March 9, new court documents show. The search warrant was related to “ongoing investigations that are not the subject of the current prosecutions involving Manafort.” The revelation indicates Mueller’s focus on Manafort is now shifting from […]
Drew Angerer/Getty President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was charged on Friday with paying European leaders to lobby of behalf of Ukraine, special counsel Robert Mueller alleged. The leaders in question, who include former leaders of Austria and Italy, have denied any wrongdoing. The leaders were allegedly part of a lobbying group called […]
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Former Trump campaign top aide Rick Gates agreed to plead guilty to fraud-related charges in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference. Gates agreed to testify against former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The pair were both indicted on fraud-related charges in October. A former top aide to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has […]
AP Photo/Susan Walsh A group of lawyers representing Rick Gates, one of Paul Manafort’s longtime associates who is facing money laundering charges in the Russia investigation, has quit the case, effective immediately. The attorneys filed the request on Thursday, according to a court document. The reason for their withdrawal was not immediately known. Lawyers representing […]
Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to declare the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller invalid and to stop the criminal case Mueller’s team is pursuing against Manafort. Manafort — who is facing a slew of criminal charges in connection with his past work overseas — is […]
Newly unsealed documents show that Paul Manafort had an integral role in editing an op-ed written by a pro-Russia Ukrainian operative. The discovery prompted special counsel Robert Mueller to pull out of a bail agreement his office reached with Manafort’s lawyers. The court filings show that Manafort did more than just read the draft op-ed […]
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik After the 2014 revolution that forced out Russian-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort played a key role in reorganizing Yanukovych’s pro-Russian party. The new party won seats in Ukraine’s parliament after Manafort personally approved their list of candidates. Manafort remained in contact with a political operative […]
Paul Manafort was in the middle of the Karachi Affair — a scandal involving shady diplomacy, campaign corruption, and possibly a deadly terrorist attack. The shady scheme apparently didn’t raise any red flags for Manafort at the time, just as the consultant’s background didn’t raise any red flags for Donald Trump last year. Former Trump […]
It’ll be hard to scrub the image of this weekend’s Saturday Night Live cold open out of your eyes. After sending First Lady Melania on his trip to Asia with a “very convincing lookalike,” Alec Baldwin’s President Trump paid a visit to Paul Manafort, who is currently under house arrest following the indictment issued by Special Counsel […]
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts President Donald Trump said in an interview that he hopes special counsel Robert Mueller is “treating everything fairly” as part of his Russia investigation. Trump also sought to distance himself from Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman who was indicted on 12 counts on Monday. The president continued to say he’s not under investigation, […]
