Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort Paid European Politicians to Favor Ukraine, New Indictment Says

New charges were filed late Friday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in the special counsel investigation.

Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort checks the podium before Donald Trump speaks during an event at Trump SoHo Hotel on June 22, 2016 in New York City. (Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Prosecutors allege that Manafort, with the assistance of long-time business partner Rick Gates, “secretly retained a group of former senior European politicians to take positions favorable to Ukraine, including by lobbying in the United States.”

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