In an overseas appearance, Trump said "nobody really knows for sure" if Russia was alone in hacking to influence the 2016 election.July 6, 2017 Paul Manafort splits from Rick Gates and pleads not guilty in federal court.February 28, 2018PerNBC NewsandCNN that in the early morning of July 26, Mueller’s team of FBI agents conducted a raid on Manafort’s home, a story Manafort’s spokesman confirmed. The move, which was executed with a search warrant and without warning, led to the agents gathering financial and other documents and just shy of two months after Manafort disclosed his consulting firm had received more than $17 million from a Pro-Russia Ukrainian political party, according to thePost Paul Manafort was the first to be charged in the Russia investigationOctober 30, 2017