Manafort pleads guilty to conspiracy charges
On 14 September 2018 Paul Manafort pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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On 14 September 2018 Paul Manafort pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The charges concerned his unregistered lobbying for pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians and his efforts to tamper with witnesses while awaiting trial.
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Paul Manafort
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Manafort pleads guilty to conspiracy charges. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: manafort+pleaded guilty+conspiracy · verified
- 2.latimes.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: manafort+pleaded guilty+conspiracy · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Manafort pleads guilty to conspiracy charges. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/manafort-guilty-plea-conspiracy-2018-09-14
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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