Courtesy of the New York Times:WATCH: Paul Manafort walking into FBI headquarters with his attorney. http://pic.twitter.com/Ebo1jPZqUH— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) October 30, 2017
Paul Manafort surrendered to federal authorities Monday morning, after a person close to the case said the first charges were filed in a special counsel investigation.
The charges against Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, 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. Also charged was Mr. Manafort’s former business associate Rick Gates, who was also told to surrender on Monday, the person said.
Mr. Manafort walked into the F.B.I.’s field office in Washington at about 8:15 a.m. with his lawyer.
Mr. Gates is a longtime protégé and junior partner of Mr. Manafort. His name appears on documents linked to companies that Mr. Manafort’s firm set up in Cyprus to receive payments from politicians and businesspeople in Eastern Europe, records reviewed by The New York Times show.
Mr. Manafort had been under investigation for violations of federal tax law, money laundering and whether he appropriately disclosed his foreign lobbying.
I think a lot of people were putting their money on Paul Manafort from the moment we first heard about these upcoming indictments.
This Rick Gates guy is a complete surprise to me but I was just watching MSNBC and they were explaining how deeply involved he was with the Trump campaign, the planning of the inauguration, and a Trump SuperPac right up until the spring of this year.
So though he may not be a familiar name to most of us, he was in it up to his armpits.
These are clearly only the first indictments that the Mueller team has in the chamber, and we can only speculate as to who's up next.
However what this does show without a shadow of a doubt is that Robert Mueller did not come to play. He is going to take these criminals down one by one, and there is nothing that Trump or his associates can do to stop him.
Update: Sources are now saying that this indictment contains 12 counts focused on conspiracy and money laundering.
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