“The indictment, unsealed Monday, refers to “Company A” and “Company B” as the firms Manafort and Gates solicited in 2012 to lobby on behalf of the Ukranian government.”
Clarification: The indictment, unsealed Monday, refers to “Company A” and “Company B” as the firms Manafort and Gates solicited in 2012 to lobby on behalf of [PRO-Russia/PRO-Putin elements within] the Ukranian government.
Correct. And one firm was aligned with the GOP, the other with the DEMs.