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Ms. Toad

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9. That's not exactly what it says.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:25 PM
Sep 2017
WASHINGTON — Paul J. Manafort was in bed early one morning in July when federal agents bearing a search warrant picked the lock on his front door and raided his Virginia home. They took binders stuffed with documents and copied his computer files, looking for evidence that Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, set up secret offshore bank accounts. They even photographed the expensive suits in his closet.

The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, then followed the house search with a warning: His prosecutors told Mr. Manafort they planned to indict him, said two people close to the investigation.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/politics/mueller-russia-investigation.html?_r=0

In July (in the past), prosecutors told him they planned to indict him.

That doesn't mean it won't happen - but it isn't a statement that they currently (present tense) plan to indict him in the future. Even if something was planned in July, it may no longer be planned. It could also just as easily be a threat in connection with execution of the subpoenas to coerce cooperation (which the article pretty much implies).

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