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+title: Day 284
+date: 2017-10-30 07:50:00 -07:00
+description: 'NO COLLUSION. '
+image: "/uploads/284.jpg"
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+1/ **Robert Mueller charged Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy to launder more than $18 million**, making false statements to the Justice Department, and other charges stemming from probes into possible Russian influence in US political affairs. The indictment of Manafort, Trump's form campaign chairman, and Gates focused on their work advising a pro-Russia party in Ukraine between 2006 to 2015, laundering money through 2016, and continuing the conspiracy against the U.S. in 2017. The charges – the first by Mueller – make no mention of Trump or Russian election meddling. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/paul-manafort-indicted.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/manafort-and-former-business-partner-asked-to-surrender-in-connection-with-special-counsel-probe/2017/10/30/6fe051f0-bd67-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html) / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-charged-in-russia-probe-1509365767))
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+* **Read the unsealed federal grand jury indictment against Manafort and Gates**. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/indictment-manafort-gates/index.html))
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+2/ **Trump's former foreign policy adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI** about an April 2016 conversation with a professor with close ties to the Russian government that said Moscow had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton in the form of "thousands of emails." George Papadopoulos repeatedly tried to [arrange a meeting](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/08/14/day-207/#8-a-junior-trump-campaign-adviser-re) between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials. Papadopoulos was arrested in July 2017 and pleaded guilty on October 5th. The single felony count against Papadopolous directly relates to 2016 presidential campaign activity. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/george-papadopoulos-russia.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-30/trump-foreign-policy-adviser-pleaded-guilty-in-mueller-probe) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-campaign-adviser-george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-n815596) / [Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/former-trump-campaign-adviser-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-about-russia-contacts-244311))
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/mlevinereports/status/925003044982583296 %}
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+3/ **Trump tweets loud noises in response to the indictment news**. Starting Sunday, Trump challenged Republicans to "DO SOMETHING!" about Obamacare, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, the Fusion GPS dossier, tax cuts, and the Mueller investigation in a tweet storm. He continued Monday following the indictments: "Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????" Trump continued: "....Also, there is NO COLLUSION!" ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-goes-tweet-storm-about-health-care-clinton-dossier-more-n815416) / [The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357789-trump-on-manafort-indictment-it-was-years-ago-why-isnt-clinton-the) / [Vox](https://www.vox.com/2017/10/30/16570554/manafort-indictment-trump-tweet))
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+* **Fox News discussed the cheeseburger emoji instead of the Manafort indictment**. ([Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/30/16570198/trump-manafort-indictment-fox-news)) 
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+* {% twitter https://twitter.com/marinafang/status/924981160253558784 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924625061100867584 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924635359480303616 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924637600094326784 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924639422066384896 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924641278947622913 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924649059520073730 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924963492645437441 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925005659569041409 %}
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+{% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925006418989715456 %}
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+{% youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pdWAcK6Eh8 %}
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+4/ **Trump, Pence, and Jeff Sessions are schedule to meet today**. Sessions was invited to Trump's weekly lunch with Pence. ([The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357783-trump-to-lunch-with-sessions-amid-manafort-charges))
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+*Today's update will be revised hourly to reflect the evolving news.*