President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, allegedly laundered millions of dollars through overseas shell companies and bank accounts, according to a federal indictment. Mr. Manafort and a longtime business partner, Richard Gates, face criminal charges related to a decade of work they did for pro-Kremlin political parties in Ukraine. Mr. Manafort was charged with nine criminal counts and Mr. Gates was charged with eight criminal counts. The allegations announced by Special Counsel Robert Mueller range...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 30, 2017 17:48 UTC