Manafort, Gates indicted by federal grand jury on 12 counts, including conspiracy against the U.S.: special counsel statement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, and a business associate were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and violating federal lobbying and banking laws, the federal special counsel said on Monday.

“The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, 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,” the counsel said in a statement.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)