Manafort and Gates pleaded not guilty to the first round of charges; Manafort's lawyer told The Post he's innocent of these second group of charges. The special counsel was trying to pressure Gates to flipRick Gates departs a federal courthouse in Washington in February. [ What probably led Michael Flynn to flip in the Russia investigation ]And in the case of Manafort and Gates, more charges did come. He stayed with the Trump campaign even after Manafort was forced out, and he served the president-elect during the transition. Ohlin, before news of Gates's guilty plea, said it's not clear why the special counsel brought these new charges now.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 15:10 UTC