The 32 new charges were filed by Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor looking into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and a Russian intelligence operation to skew the 2016 presidential election. The move marks the latest step in ratcheting up pressure on Manafort, and Rick Gates, his business partner who was deputy chairman of the Trump campaign. Profile Who is Paul Manafort? Manafort brought deep political experience to the Trump campaign. Manafort got Gates to write a letter saying he had borrowed Manafort’s card and had run up the charges and would repay them.

Source: The Guardian February 22, 2018 22:44 UTC