Oh, and even more from the indictments:
From paulie and dickie's:
38. From in or about and between 2006 and 2017, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III,
together with others, knowingly and intentionally conspired to defraud the United States by impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful governmental functions of a government agency, namely the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury, and to commit offenses against the United States, to wit, the violations of law charged in Counts Three through Six and Ten through Twelve.
Notice what I highlighted?
From papadopolous':
14. On or about April 26, 2016, defendant PAPADOPOULOS met the Professor for breakfast at a London hotel. During this meeting, the Professor told defendant PAPADOPOULOS that he had just returned from a trip to Moscow where he had met with high level Russian government officials. The Professor told defendant PAPADOPOULOS that on that trip he (the Professor) learned that the Russians had obtained "dirt" on then-candidate Clinton. The Professor told defendant PAPADOPOULOS, as defendant PAPADOPOULOS later described to the FBI, that
"They [the Russians] have dirt on her"; "the Russians had emails of Clinton"; "they have thousands of emails." Notice what I highlighted?
Now, I know this is just a cut and paste post, but there seems to be a wealth of ignorance on these charges in this little forum.
I'm just trying to help out those who are less fortunate....
Mmmmmmm.... this tastes soooooo good!!!!