Trump Russia Investigation. The Manafort Indictment. The George Papadopoulos Report.

1) Manafort Indictment News:

Reuters: “Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, and a business associate were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States. conspiracy to launder money and violating federal lobbying and banking laws, the federal special counsel said on Monday.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-charges-indictment/ex-trump-campaign-aide-manafort-charged-in-12-count-indictment-idUSKBN1CZ1KT

New York Times: “Trump tries to shift focus…Pushing back against the accelerating criminal investigation into his campaign ties to Russia…President Trump argued on Sunday that its focus should instead be on his 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/us/politics/trump-clinton-mueller-russia.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=politics&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Politics&pgtype=article

CNN: “The arrest of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort Monday and former Trump campaign official Rick Gates saddled the White House with a grave new political reality…Justice Department special counsel Robert Muller ushers in a perilous time for the White House, reflecting the gravity of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and alleged collusion by Trump’s associates.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/29/politics/indictments-mueller-trump/index.html

New York Times: “Read the Charges Against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/30/us/politics/document-paul-manafort-rick-gates-indictment.html


2) George Papadopoulos Report.

CNN: “The Manafort news drew bigger headlines Monday…but the Papadopoulos guilty plea and the fact that he has been cooperating with the special counsel investigation since July…significantly more problematic for Trump and his White House.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/george-papadopolous-trump-guilty/index.html


Politifact: “How important was George Papadopoulos on Donald Trump’s foreign policy team?”
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/oct/30/how-important-was-george-papadopoulos-donald-trump/


BBC News: “George Papadopoulos: Biggest Trump-Russia news wasn’t about Manafort.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41808283

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