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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort faces new charges in Russia probe

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A federal grand jury indicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a business associate on charges of trying to influence the testimony of potential witnesses at Manafort’s looming trial.

The indictment charges Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik—a 48-year-old of Moscow who worked in the Ukrainian office of Manafort’s lobbying firm—with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.

The indictment alleges that Manafort and Kilimnik this year “knowingly and intentionally” sought to influence the testimony of two unnamed witnesses who could be called to testify at Manafort’s scheduled trial in September in Washington.

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