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Prosecutors Expand Manafort Charges, Add New Russian Defendant In His Case

Prosecutors are formally charging Manafort and a man they call a Russian co-conspirator with trying to obstruct justice by allegedly suborning perjury.

Updated at 2:57 p.m. ET

Prosecutors unsealed more charges on Friday against Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and also accused a new defendant in the case of conspiring with Manafort to obstruct justice.

Prosecutors allege that a Russian

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