President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former business associate, Rick Gates, have pleaded not guilty following their arrest on charges related to conspiracy against the United States and other felonies.
The charges are the first from the special counsel investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia meddling in the 2016 election, according to multiple reports.
Manafort and Gates appeared before a federal judge Monday in Washington.
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They are charged with a combined 12 counts, including conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.
Manafort and his attorney showed up at the FBI's Washington field office around 8:15 a.m. Monday, The New York Times reported. Gates also turned himself in, The Associated Press reported.
In a 31-page, 12-count indictment approved Friday by a grand jury, federal prosecutors accused Manafort and Gates of conspiring against the United States, conspiring to launder money and working as unregistered foreign agents.
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