Both! That ConFraudUs continued through the election, in part bc in the wake of disclosure of Manafort's Ukraine corruption they tried to hide it.
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His ConFraudUs was tied both to the tax crime (the EDVA charges) and the FARA stuff. The latter goes thru 2017 bc, after Manafort's corruption got attention, DOJ asked why he hadn't registered, and he lied in his declaration.
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It's actually relevant to the election--even as charged tho there's more evidence shown in other filings--bc Manafort and Gates made concerted efforts to hide that Manafort was owned by RU after he left campaign, for obvious reasons.
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So ConFraudUs is a "starter charge" like lying to the FBI. The options are to accept the minor crime or end up in Manafort's situation, given that almost everyone involved is doing lots of illegal stuff already.
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Nah, it's what glues everything together and gets the big people in with the flunkies.
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Gotcha.
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