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Midweek Roundup: Manafort Denies Laundering Money, Brexit Imperils 75,000 UK Finance Jobs, and More

U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and his associate, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiring against the United States, evading taxes and using corporate accounts to launder tens of millions of dollars-worth of foreign income, Reuters reported. More and More U.S. prosecutors claim Manafort gave banks widely disparate estimates of his wealth when applying for loans over a 5-year period, Bloomberg reported. More The charges follow a federal review of 13 suspicious wire transfers between five offshore firms linked to Manafort, and come amid a broader investigation into possible collusion between Trump campaign...

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