Mueller's Latest Charges Bring Together Trump Campaign, Russia
- Manafort fixer had Russian intelligence ties, FBI found
- New indictment doesn’t make connection to election meddling
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U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s latest indictment is significant beyond the new charges, in that it links senior officials on President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to Russian intelligence in a criminal matter.
Mueller’s indictment released Friday against Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, adds witness-tampering charges to allegations that Manafort did illegal lobbying work for Ukraine and laundered millions of dollars in proceeds.