President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort on Monday afternoon pleaded not guilty to all charges from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.



Manafort's former business associate Richard Gates also pleaded not guilty.

Judge Deborah Robinson agreed to federal prosecutors' request to set bail at the notably high amount of $10 million. Unsecured bail was set at $5 million.

Prosecutors have also requested that Manafort be released on house arrest in Virginia. The special counsel’s office considers him a flight risk, lawyers in Mueller’s office argued before Robinson on Monday afternoon, citing the seriousness of the charges and the extent of Manafort’s ties abroad.

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The bureau took possession of Manafort’s passport yesterday, his lawyer said.

Manafort surrendered himself to FBI agents on Monday morning after being charged with 12 counts, including conspiracy against the U.S. The indictment also included Gates, a protégé of Manafort's who was ousted from the pro-Trump group Americas First Policies earlier this year.

A sprawling 31-page indictment, unsealed on Monday morning , lays out the charges, which are related to work Manafort and Gates did on behalf of a Kremlin-backed political party in Ukraine. Mueller alleges the two men were paid tens of millions of dollars that they then laundered “in order to hide Ukraine payments from United States authorities.”