<story><title>Paul Manafort and Richard Gates Indictment [pdf]</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bertil</author><text>The language of the indictment is surprisingly legible (and blunt). This is a welcome change in how legalese is usually used as obfuscation, or possibly in anticipation of the many journalists and non-lawyers who would want to read it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Paul Manafort and Richard Gates Indictment [pdf]</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bischofs</author><text>Interesting that there is nothing here related to the campaign - just some money laundering with Ukraine. Some would argue its outside the relevance of what the special prosecutor was hired for (Russian interference in the election).&lt;p&gt;Im guessing these charges are designed to scare Manafort into giving up the bigger fish.</text></comment>