The pair was released on bail of $10 million and $5 million respectively and placed under house arrest. Separately, another former Trump campaign aide, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Kremlin-related contacts, according to a plea deal revealed Monday. The unsealed indictments were an explosive opening salvo from independent counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the Russia probe, after months of speculation, spin and obfuscation about possible Trump campaign collusion with Moscow. Papadopoulos, a former Trump foreign policy advisor, admitted he tried to hide contacts with a Moscow-linked professor who was offering “dirt” on Trump’s election rival Hillary Clinton. ‘No Collusion!’“Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2017 16:41 UTC