What Happened

On Oct. 31, it was revealed that Paul Manafort and Rick Gates had been indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller. Paul Manafort was a member of the Trump campaign from March 29 through August 19, 2016. During this time, he was campaign chairman from May 19 until his departure. Rick Gates was Manafort’s protege and associate prior to his involvement with the Trump campaign; he joined the Trump campaign when Manafort was promoted to chairman. After Manafort’s departure, Gates continued to visit the White House until as late as June 2017.

Manafort and Gates were both indicted for conspiracy against the United States, for

conspiracy to launder money, for being unregistered agents of a foreign principal (Ukraine), for making false and misleading Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) statements, and for other false statements. In addition, the two were indicted for failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts from 2011 to 2013, and Manafort was also indicted for another year of failure to report in 2014.