Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates pleaded not guilty Monday to a 12-count indictment charging them with making tens of millions of dollars while secretly working for the Ukrainian government and then hiding the money from the U.S. government.
President Trump’s former campaign manager and his “right-hand man” Gates did not speak other than to state their names at the hearing in federal court in Washington, DC.
Their lawyers entered not guilty pleas on their behalf.
Prosecutors asked for $10 million bond for Manafort and $5 million for Gates but both men are expected to be released on home confinement and have surrendered their passports.
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