Monday, October 30, 2017

Manafort, Gates enter not guilty pleas

Paul Manafort and Rick Gates are now under house arrest, required to post $10 million and $5 million respectively following an indictment of 12 counts of conspiracy and money laundering. 

Separately, the one-time foreign policy adviser to the Trump Campaign George Papadopolous has plead guilty to lying about his dealings with the Russians.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff has an update:

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Kevin Downing, an attorney for Paul Manafort, calls the charges novel and ridiculous.

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