Rick Gates pleads guilty, turns on Paul Manafort in Robert Mueller’s probe
Newark/Washington — Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign aide indicted in October with Paul Manafort on charges of money laundering and illegal foreign lobbying, has agreed to plead guilty and co-operate with US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Los Angeles Times reported. Gates will admit to fraud-related charges in the next few days and agree to testify against Manafort, who worked for several months as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in the 2016 presidential election, the paper reported, citing people familiar with the case whom it didn’t identify. Two of Mueller’s prosecutors, Andrew Weissmann and Greg Andres, negotiated the Gates deal in recent weeks with Washington defence attorney Thomas C Green, according to the newspaper. Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the election, leads the prosecution of Manafort and Gates, who were indicted on October 27. Mueller obtained the indictment of 13 Russian nationals and a so-called troll farm for a broad campaign to sway ...
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