Well, lookie here! It's Superceding Indictment Day!
"BREAKING: A grand jury in Virginia has returned a new indictment against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, per new filing from the special counsel's office."
Lots and LOTS of charges (32 in all) for multiple counts of:
- Filing False Tax Returns
- Assisting in the Preparation of False US Individual Income
- Failure to File Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
- Filing False Amended Tax Returns
- Bank Fraud Conspiracy, and
- Bank Fraud
If convicted, all of these could send them both to jail for life.
Drip, drip, SPLOOSH!!!
Oh, and just to make the day even better for Manafort, there’s this:
/Sad trombone