Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, former aides to the Donald Trump campaign, pleaded not guilty on Monday to all 12 counts handed down against them late last week in an indictment that alleged a vast money-laundering scheme.
Manafort and Gates were indicted on a wide range of charges, including conspiracy to launder money, acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, and failure to file reports on foreign bank accounts.
Working for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine, Manafort allegedly moved $75 million through foreign bank accounts and dodged paying taxes by setting up a slew of foreign companies and bank …read more
Source: TPM
