Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III filed new charges on Feb. 22 against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, Rick Gates. (Melissa Macaya,Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III filed new charges on Feb. 22 against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, Rick Gates. The charges against Manafort and Gates do not involve activities inside the Trump campaign, although the conduct in question continued while they worked there. [Special counsel Mueller files new charges against Manafort, Gates]Gates is the third former Trump aide to publicly admit guilt in Mueller’s probe. [Rick Gates, once the man ‘in the corner,’ is now a central figure in Mueller investigation]The Gates plea also shows how Mueller’s investigation is reaching further into the world of Washington lobbying.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 15:44 UTC