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Trump reacts to Paul Manafort indictment
Trump reacts to Paul Manafort indictment
By: Greg LaRose glarose@nola.com, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Updated on October 30, 2017 at 10:00 AM Posted on October 30, 2017 at 9:59 AM RE: http://www.nola.com/national_politic..._manafort.html President Donald Trump, as anticipated, went on Twitter Monday morning (Oct. 30) to share his initial reaction to the indictment of his former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his close associate Rick Gates. The two have been formally charged with conspiracy against the United States, money laundering and filing false financial statements. In a tweet posted about 90 minutes after the indictments were made public, the president acknowledged the news and asked if a similar fate was in store for his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Manafort, 68, joined the Trump campaign in March 2016 and was named chairman three months later. He resigned the following August in what was reported as amenable restructuring of the campaign team. In March 2017, AP reported that Manafort had secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of President Vladimir Putin a decade earlier when he proposed a strategy to influence politics, business dealings and news coverage inside the United States, Europe and the former Soviet republics to benefit the Putin government. In May 2017, former FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel for the Justice Department to look into whether there was collusion between Russian interests and the Trump campaign. The president weighed in on the substance of the probe in a subsequent tweet on Monday morning. He has previously referred to Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt" and hinted at firing him.
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