This is how Fox News is covering the Manafort indictment

President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was asked to turn himself in to federal authorities on Monday as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. The explosive story will more than likely be the conversation of the week — but you wouldn't know it from watching Fox News:

While the network did briefly cover the Manafort indictment, the morning program, Fox & Friends, quickly moved on to other pressing matters:

Trump is famously a diehard fan of Fox & Friends, meaning he is perhaps missing the bulk of the conversation surrounding his former campaign chair. That being said, don't be surprised if he starts tweeting about candy.

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