Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hit with new charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office.
Mueller filed a superseding indictment Friday in a D.C. court that brought two new accounts against Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime Manafort aide.
The two new counts, which layer onto five previously issued charges, accuse Manafort and Kiliminik, who ran the Kiev office of Manafort’s political consulting company Davis Manafort Partners, of obstructing justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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The filing comes after reports that Manafort attempted to influence two former colleagues’ testimony to Mueller.
Mueller asked a court earlier this week to revoke Manafort’s pretrial conditions over attempted witness tampering.
The five previous charges include illegal foreign lobbying, money laundering, as well as lying to federal investigators.
