Politico reports prosecutors have filed new charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's case against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, but because those charges are sealed, we don't know what they are.
The new charging document filed in federal court in Washington could be a superseding indictment, adding new charges or even new defendants to the charges filed last October, accusing Manafort and Gates of money laundering and failing to register as foreign agents for their work related to Ukraine, among other crimes.
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Last week, prosecutors told the court they'd received new evidence that Manafort took part in "a series of bank frauds and bank fraud conspiracies" in connection with a loan he sought in 2016. Mueller's team said Manafort obtained the loan using “doctored profit and loss statements” that overstated "by millions of dollars" the income of his consulting business.
The bank fraud allegations were disclosed in a bail-related court filing made public on Friday that did not contain any indication of what action, if any, Mueller's team planned to take over the alleged fraud.
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There have also been persistent media reports in recent weeks that Gates is negotiating with Mueller's office about a potential plea deal. That could involve filing a new charge or charges in the case, but doing so would not be necessary if he agreed to plead to one of the counts in the indictment returned last year.
New charges filed in Manafort-Gates case (Politico)