Paul Manafort and Rick Gates are being served by a federal prosecutor. The former campaign manager for the Donald J. Trump team is under fire for alleged ties to Russia.
Manafort and Gates are to surrender to federal authorities today.
Manafort was the campaign manager from April 2016 to August 2016. The last campaign managers were Corey Lewandowski and KellyAnne Conway.
Lewandowski and Conway are also under federal watch.
The shady business deals by Manafort also triggered a federal watch. He failed to register as a foreign agent when he did business for Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
This is a huge deal.
The White House will respond to the news today.
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller found enough credible evidence to charge the former business executive and political operative.
The NO KNOCK on Manafort's businesses and home were likely signs of a possible indictment.
Conservatives have been downplaying this controversy. They believe it's a pathetic witch hunt. Expect a conservative word vomit to say that Paul Manafort was just a minor player and didn't have nothing to do with Trump.
Gates was a top member of the Trump team and a second banana to Manafort.
They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If they are criminally indicted on federal charge a fraud and failure to disclose, they could get up to 25 to life in the federal time out.
I have a feeling that Trump will pardon Manafort and Gates.
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