DOJ Office of Special Counsel Unsealed Indictment Manafort

[laserhaas]

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Source: Dept of Justice OSC

SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE

On May 17, 2017, Robert S. Mueller III was appointed by acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel by the order below.

Order 3915-2017

U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)

Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, of Richmond, Va., have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 27, 2017, in the District of Columbia. 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 case was unsealed on Oct. 30, 2017, after the defendants were permitted to surrender themselves to the custody of the FBI.



https://www.justice.gov/sco

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/sco

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Robert S. Mueller III was appointed
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel

ORDER
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download

INDICTMENT
https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download

[Maraya1969]

1. "Conspiracy against the US"

18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
US Code

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 701; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. I don't think so, but I need someone to explain it to me.

[Maraya1969]

4. I just looked it up and posted the law. I'm right on top of you!

[laserhaas]

3. We'll soon see

Wonder how many indictments this will lead to

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Locking - duplicate thread

of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141900242 . Please continue discussion there. Thanks.