--- title: Watch Online: Trump Hosts Halloween After Russia Arrests description: President Trump will hand out treats at the White House Halloween party hours after a federal grand jury indicted his former campaign chief. canonical: https://time.com/5002124/watch-online-trump-halloween-manafort-russia/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-30T14:56:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:02:21.206Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Trump Hosts White House Halloween Party as Russia Probe Intensifies og:description: The President and First Lady are scheduled to appear Monday og:url: https://time.com/5002124/watch-online-trump-halloween-manafort-russia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef1f720fb9822b8/6988e3dd4ee26210ee30f958/trump-white-house-halloween-party-paul-manafort-arrested.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4800 og:image:height: 2700 og:image:alt: trump white house halloween party paul manafort arrested og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Trump Hosts White House Halloween Party as Russia Probe Intensifies twitter:description: The President and First Lady are scheduled to appear Monday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef1f720fb9822b8/6988e3dd4ee26210ee30f958/trump-white-house-halloween-party-paul-manafort-arrested.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Trump Hosts White House Halloween Party as Russia Probe Intensifies > Sponsored content. 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The South Portico of the White House is covered in decorations for Halloween, October 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery/Pool—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 30, 2017 2:56 PM UTC President Donald Trump will hand out treats at the White House Halloween party on Monday afternoon, hours after a [federal grand jury indicted his former campaign chief](http://time.com/5002070/paul-manafort-charged-donald-trump-robert-mueller/) as part of the Russia probe. Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort and his longtime associate, Rick Gates, both turned themselves in to the FBI on Monday in response to felony charges including money laundering and conspiracy against the United States, the Associated Press reports. The arrests were a major step forward in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 election. First Lady Melania Trump had previously [announced the party](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/10/27/first-lady-melania-trump-announces-halloween-white-house-2017) on the South Lawn of the White House would take place from 4 to 7 p.m. ET. She and the president are scheduled to give cookies, candy and presidential M&Ms to local students who attend. > [](https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/924405581124907008) Watch live footage from the party above, beginning at 5:45 p.m. ET. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5002124/watch-online-trump-halloween-manafort-russia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5002124/watch-online-trump-halloween-manafort-russia/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Trump Hosts White House Halloween Party as Russia Probe Intensifies","datePublished":"2017-10-30T14:56:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:02:21.206Z","description":"The party is happening hours after Trump's former campaign chief was arrested","url":"https://time.com/5002124/watch-online-trump-halloween-manafort-russia/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef1f720fb9822b8/6988e3dd4ee26210ee30f958/trump-white-house-halloween-party-paul-manafort-arrested.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef1f720fb9822b8/6988e3dd4ee26210ee30f958/trump-white-house-halloween-party-paul-manafort-arrested.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump white house halloween party paul manafort arrested","caption":"trump white house halloween party paul manafort arrested","creditText":"Olivier Douliery/Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5002124/watch-online-trump-halloween-manafort-russia/","name":"Watch Live: President Trump Hosts White House Halloween Party as Russia Probe Intensifies"}}]}] ```