The BBC reports:
The FBI special counsel’s spokesman has just given us this statement: “Paul J. Manafort, Jr., 68, of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, 45, of Richmond, Va., have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 27, 2017, in the District of Columbia.
“The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.”
Update: Paul Manafort just walked through the front door https://t.co/27QZQ89a3p
— Meg Wagner (@megwagner) October 30, 2017
Charges against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates include:
•Conspiracy against the United States
•Unregistered agent of a foreign principal pic.twitter.com/34Art83JRV— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 30, 2017