The special counsel's office announced on October 30, 2017, that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Donald Trump campaign official Rick Gates had been indicted by a federal grand jury. The 12-count indictment included charges of conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, making false and misleading FARA statements and failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.
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Manafort and then-Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway speak during a roundtable discussion on security at Trump Tower in New York City on August 17, 2016.
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Then-Republican nominee Trump, his daughter Ivanka Trump and Manafort share the stage at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland.
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American broadcast journalist Hallie Jackson, (center, left) of NBC TV, walks with Manafort (center, right) and his wife, Kathleen Manafort, on the floor of the Quicken Arena before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 17, 2016.
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Manafort gets set up for an an interview before the Republican convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 17, 2016.
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Manafort is surrounded by reporters on the floor of the Republican convention in Cleveland on July 17, 2016. Gates, a former business associate of Manafort and former Trump campaign aide, stands to his right.
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Manafort checks the podium before then-presidential candidate Trump speaks at an event at Trump SoHo Hotel on June 22, 2016, in New York City.
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Manafort walks into a reception with former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson at a Republican National Committee meeting in Hollywood, Florida, on April 21, 2016.
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Manafort speaks with the press as part of Trump's campaign during an election night event in New York City on April 19, 2016.
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Manafort appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington on April 10, 2016.