Chuck Ross, DCNF
Special counsel Robert Mueller issued new charges Friday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a Russian-Ukrainian business partner accused of having ties to Russian intelligence agencies.
Mueller is charging Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice as part of an alleged scheme to force two witnesses in the case against Manafort to alter their testimony, according to the indictment.
The superseding indictment adds to the charges against Manafort, who is accused of conspiracy to launder money and failing to register as a foreign agent for his work for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The new indictment, which was handed down in federal court in Washington, D.C., does not make any allegations about Manafort’s activities during the campaign. Mueller was initially tasked with investigation possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government. So far, his investigation has focused heavily on Manafort’s pre-campaign consulting work.
The new indictment alleges that Manafort and Kilimnik attempted to influence witnesses between Feb. 23 and April 2018.
The two individuals — referred to as Person D1 and Person D2 — first began working with Manafort and Kilimnik in 2012 as part of what Manafort referred to as “The Hapsburg Group.”
Persons D1 and D2 served as intermediaries to European politicians who Manafort paid to lobby secretly for Ukraine and Yanukovych.
Manafort and Kilimnik reached out to the two individuals beginning on the same day that Rick Gates, a former Manafort business partner, accepted a plea deal and began cooperating with Mueller’s investigation.
Follow Chuck on Twitter
For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
- The Florida candidate laser-focused on eradicating horrific animal crimes - March 22, 2024
- Sabo: ‘Rush was our GOAT, there was no equal and he made it look easy’ - February 18, 2024
- Dana Bash appears to want to crawl out of her own skin when Ramaswamy ‘goes there’ on J6 - December 7, 2023
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
BPR INSIDER COMMENTS
Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!
