First to fall in Russia election probe

U.S. special prosecutor Robert Mueller has announced a 12-count indictment against two advisers to President Trump’s election campaign, the first in his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election

INDICTED
Paul Manafort, 68: President Trump’s former campaign manager and former business partner
Conspiracy against United States
Count against Manafort and Gates carries maximum five-year prison sentence
Count carries maximum 20-year sentence
Charge is related to alleged failures to report overseas financial holdings and to disclose that they were working on behalf of former pro-Russian Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovich (above)
Other charges
Alleged failure to report foreign bank accounts to U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Charge carries maximum sentence of five years
Failing to register with U.S. Department of Justice as agents of Yanukovich and making false statements about their work. Charge carries maximum five-year prison sentence

INDICTED
Richard “Rick” Gates, 61: Business partner of Paul Manafort and deputy campaign manager
Conspiracy to launder money
Money laundering count alleges Manafort and Gates illegally worked as “unregistered agents” of Government of Ukraine, pro-Kremlin Party of Regions, and Yanukovych.
Indictment claims more than $75 million flowed through offshore accounts and Manafort laundered more than $18 million
Lying to FBI
Former Trump campaign worker George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that he
lied to FBI about extent of his relationships with foreign nationals linked to Russian government


Source: Grand Jury for the District of Columbia 
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