Then, a superseding indictment: Manafort and a longtime aide, Konstantin Kilimnik, were each indicted on one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and one count of obstruction of justice. One-third of the counts included in Mueller’s indictments, 25 of them, target Manafort, once Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman. The original indictment, in fact, identified both Gates and Manafort as conspirators in a number of the charges Manafort now faces. George Papadopoulos, the campaign adviser whose conversation with an Australian diplomat was the apparent trigger for the Russia investigation, admitted to making false statements last year. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn similarly admitted to making false statements to investigators during an interview in January 2017.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2018 20:00 UTC