washington federal investigators probe russian interference 2016 u.s. election charge president donald trump former campaign manager paul manafort another aide rick gate money launder monday third former trump adviser george papadopoulos plead guilty early october lie fbi announce monday sharp escalation u.s. justice department special counsel robert mueller five-month-old investigation allege russian efforts tilt election trump favour potential collusion trump aid manafort 68 longtime republican operative gate arraign federal courthouse washington men plead guilty charge 12-count indictment range money launder act unregistered agents ukraine former pro-russian government judge order house arrest men set 10 million 7.57 million pound unsecured bond manafort million unsecured bond gate unsecured bond release without pay owe money fail appear court another hear thursday developments mueller probe weigh u.s. dollar slip 0.5 percent basket currencies mueller investigation others congressional committees allege russian efforts influence election cast shadow trump first nine months office u.s. intelligence agencies say russia interfere election hack release embarrass email disseminate propaganda via social media discredit democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton russia deny allegations trump deny collusion neither trump campaign mention indictment manafort gate charge go back decade centre manafort work ukraine indictment include accusations conspiracy unite state failure report foreign bank account u.s. government conspiracy launder money count carry 20-year maximum prison sentence white house spokeswoman say indictment nothing trump campaign show evidence collusion campaign russia say day one evidence trump-russia collusion nothing indictment today change spokeswoman sarah sanders tell news brief manafort attorney kevin down say statement evidence trump campaign collude russian government down say manafort work ukrainians end 2014 two years join trump campaign down accuse mueller use novel legal theory prosecute manafort law require lobbyists register department justice work foreign government development directly relate trump 2016 election campaign emerge monday papadopoulos former campaign adviser plead guilty early month make false statements federal bureau investigation agents mueller office say papadopoulos lie fbi agents time contact professor london claim information would hurt clinton papadopoulos little-known former foreign policy adviser campaign make plea bargain state since meet government numerous occasion provide information answer question accord court document sanders white house spokeswoman say papadopoulos role campaign extremely limit volunteer ask things basically push back respond way say may email quote papadopoulos indictment trump campaign employee forward message papadopoulos propose meet trump russian government another campaign official employee include note accord indictment read let discuss need someone communicate dt trip someone low level campaign send signal source washington want identify see email say sender manafort recipient gate manafort run trump campaign june august 2016 resign amid report might receive millions dollars illegal payments pro-russian political party ukraine trump reiterate frustration monday mueller probe call witch hunt sorry years ago paul manafort part trump campaign crook hillary dems focus trump write twitter refer clinton mueller investigate manafort financial real estate deal prior work political group party regions back former pro-kremlin ukrainian president viktor yanukovich manafort gate generate tens millions dollars income ukraine work launder money score u.s. foreign entities hide payments american authorities indictment say conceal unite state work revenue agents ukrainian political party use wealth lead lavish lifestyle without pay tax income say indictment say manafort own properties manhattan brooklyn hamptons arlington virginia elsewhere prosecutors say manafort spend almost million eight rugs two years 1.3 million clothe shop beverly hill california new york city also say make payments four range rovers mercedes-benz gate longtime business partner manafort tie russian ukrainian oligarchs also serve deputy manafort brief tenure trump campaign chairman two ex-trump aid charge russia probe third plead guilty