Indictments

US special prosecutor Robert Mueller has announced a 12-count indictment against two advisers to President Trump’s election campaign, the first in his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election

CONSPIRACY AGAINST UNITED STATES

Count against Manafort and Gates carries maximum five-year prison sentence. Charge is related to alleged failures to report overseas financial holdings and to disclose that they were working on behalf of former pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.

CONSPIRACY TO LAUNDER MONEY

Count carries maximum 20-year sentence. Money laundering count alleges Manafort and Gates illegally worked as “unregistered agents” of Government of Ukraine, pro-Kremlin Party of Regions, and Yanukovych. Indictment claims more than $75 million flowed through offshore accounts and Manafort laundered more than $18 million

OTHER CHARGES

Alleged failure to report foreign bank accounts to US Internal Revenue Service. Charge carries maximum sentence of five years

Failing to register with US Department of Justice as agents of Yanukovich and making false statements about their work. Charge carries maximum five-year prison sentence

LYING TO FBI

Former Trump campaign worker

George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to FBI about extent of his relationships with foreign nationals linked to Russian government