Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was indicted in October for multiple counts related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and is currently under house arrest, has been working on an op-ed with a colleague “assessed to have ties” to a Russian intelligence service, according to court papers filed Monday by prosecutors working for Mueller. Manafort, who led Trump’s campaign during the Republican National Convention last year, and the colleague aimed to publish the op-ed under someone else's name and intended it to influence public opinion about his work in Ukraine, prosecutors said. They added that the piece was being drafted as late as last week, with Manafort currently under house arrest. Prosecutors did not name the colleague but noted the person is based in Russia. Manafort and Gates generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their work in Ukraine.

Source: Fox News December 05, 2017 00:03 UTC