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Manafort, Gates indicted on new tax and bank fraud charges
Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a 32-count indictment Thursday hitting former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and aide Rick Gates with fresh charges of tax evasion and bank fraud.
Manafort is specifically charged with five counts related to filing false income tax returns and four counts of failure to report foreign bank and financial accounts. Gates is accused of 11 counts related to filing false income tax returns and three counts of failure to report foreign bank and financial accounts.
Both men are accused of nine counts of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
The new indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. It leaves open the possibility that Manafort or Gates could face additional state charges of filing false tax returns.
The additional charges involve much of the same conduct Manafort and Gates were charged with last year in an indictment in Washington. Thursday’s filing also increases the amount of money Manafort is accused of laundering through offshore accounts to $30 million.
The new indictment comes a week after Mueller filed charges against 13 Russians, accusing them of a vast conspiracy to undermine the U.S. presidential election.
The charges against Manafort and Gates don’t relate to any allegations of misconduct related to Trump’s campaign. They are accused of directing a covert Washington lobbying campaign on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainian interests.
Manafort and Gates pleaded not guilty after they were initially charged last October.
Fox News’ Jake Gibson and Jon Decker contributed to this report. The Associated Press also contributed to this report.
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