Bloomberg Law
Feb. 23, 2018, 1:07 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: New Mueller Tax Charges Increase Pressure on Manafort, Gates

• Special counsel Robert Mueller tightened his legal squeeze on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his onetime deputy, Rick Gates, producing new indictments of both men on tax and bank fraud charges on top of indictments he obtained for the pair in October. The new 32-count indictment appears to signal that Mueller’s plea negotiations with the men have been fruitless. ( Bloomberg )

• On Thursday, Gates hired Sidley Austin veteran white-collar lawyer Tom Green, while three of Gates’s lawyers are said to have exited the case. ( Bloomberg ) ( National Law Journal )

• Shearman & Sterling’s incoming senior partner, David Beveridge, says ...

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