Article snippet: On Monday, the first charges and first plea in special prosecutor FBI, conspiracy and money laundering. Paul Manafort, and Manafort's longtime business associate Rick Gates were indicted in federal court on Friday on charges including conspiracy against the United States, money laundering and working as unregistered foreign agents. Their charges were unsealed Monday morning. Shortly afterwards, the special counsel's office announced that George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to Trump's presidential campaign, pleaded guilty this month to making false statements to FBI agents about his correspondence with Russian nationals and attempts to arrange a meeting between the campaign and Russian officials. The revelations, which continued to embroil the White House in questions over Russian involvement in the 2016 election, gave great insight into the investigation, but also created a lot of new, unanswered questions. Here are some of the lingering questions that have arisen out of the charged leveled against former Trump associates: Any member of the campaign with connections to the Russians has to potential to be a target of the investigation being led by Mueller. presidential election. The committee subpoenaed Flynn's personal documents on May 10, after he declined to cooperate with an April 28 request from the panel in relation to its investigation of Russian interference in the election and possible ties to Trump associates. ... Link to the full article to read more