Monday, October 30 , 2017 - 20:41 (EET) Section: Vox (USA)
Mueller is trying to flip the former top Trump adviser against the president. The first big indictment in the Trump-Russia investigation has nothing to do with the president himself or with his campaign’s possible collusion with Russia in the 2016 election.
Instead, special counsel Robert Mueller’s 31-page indictment against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and his longtime associate Rick Gates focuses on how they hid their lobbying work for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party and used elaborate schemes to funnel more than $75 million through offshore accounts to conceal their activities and avoid paying taxes on the proceeds.
The main
Source: Vox
Monday, October 30 , 2017 - 20:41 (EET) Section: Vox (USA)
Mueller is trying to flip the former top Trump adviser against the president. The first big indictment in the Trump-Russia investigation has nothing to do with the president himself or with his campaign’s possible collusion with Russia in the 2016 election.
Instead, special counsel Robert Mueller’s 31-page indictment against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and his longtime associate Rick Gates focuses on how they hid their lobbying work for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party and used elaborate schemes to funnel more than $75 million through offshore accounts to conceal their activities and avoid paying taxes on the proceeds.
The main
Source: Vox
