Indictment refers to tax evasion activities by Manafort prior to 2016 and makes no mention of Trump or his campaign. Indictment also refers to two lobbying firms, “Company A” and “Company B”, which are believed to be Mercury LLC and Podesta Group, and were directed by Manafort, who failed to register as a foreign lobbyist, at the behest of Yanukovych of Ukraine.
Podesta Group was founded by brothers John and Tony Podesta and is a major financier and lobbyist of Democrats. John Podesta was Hillary’s 2016 campaign chairman. Tony Podesta resigned from the Podesta Group today.
Make of that what you will ?.
Analysis | The 12-count Manafort and Gates indictment, annotated
There are 12 counts. Let’s break it all down.