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Rick Gates Tells Mueller About Trump Team’s Dealings With Israeli Intelligence Firm
MSN News ^ | 1/16/2019 | Erin Banco

Posted on 01/16/2019 3:42:38 PM PST by detective

Rick Gates, the former campaign aide to Donald Trump, is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether individuals from the Middle East worked with the Trump campaign to influence the election, according to two individuals with first-hand knowledge of the investigation.

Gates has answered questions specifically about Psy Group, an Israeli firm that ex-employees say drew up social media manipulation plans to help the Trump campaign, according to sources familiar with the questions. Mueller’s team also asked Gates about interactions with Psy Group’s owner, Joel Zamel, and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, who worked as an emissary for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the sources said.

On Tuesday, Mueller’s team said that Gates was cooperating with “several ongoing investigations” in asking a federal judge to delay his sentencing for financial crimes he pleaded guilty to committing with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. One of the ongoing investigations is into possible Middle Eastern election influence, three people with knowledge of the probe told The Daily Beast.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: gates; mueller; psygroup; rickgates; trump; trumpisrael
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Gates stole money from Manafort and then betrayed him.

Now Gates is helping Mueller go after Israel.

1 posted on 01/16/2019 3:42:38 PM PST by detective
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Middle Eastern influence now?

Let's remember Obama and his little trip to the UK to fight against Brexit. Not the only election he interfered in.

2 posted on 01/16/2019 3:46:07 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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These are purely evil people. It makes me wonder what is it that all these Deep State puppets in Congress and in the bureaucracy are afraid of having exposed to the American people. They’re the ones who are scared and in a state of panic, and not the president.


3 posted on 01/16/2019 3:48:20 PM PST by dowcaet
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Two years of “Russia, Russia, Russia” didn’t get legs. Now they’re trying “Israel, Israel, Israel”?


4 posted on 01/16/2019 3:50:43 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENT)
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we’ve gone from Russia, to Israel, to the Middle East.

Hey, how about looking into Mexican interference? Canadian interference? and European interference? all designed to elect dual nationals and socialists


5 posted on 01/16/2019 4:05:36 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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so now Trump is being accused of colluding with Israel lol..well gee Israel is an ally what’s the problem..i guess the commie Jew hating left will have a problem with it


6 posted on 01/16/2019 4:08:32 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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I spent 3 months in Israel.
I went on two dates with a Russian woman in the USA.
Maybe I should just shoot myself.


7 posted on 01/16/2019 4:10:58 PM PST by Zathras
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I watched a BBC show where someone made a joke about Trump...am I colluding with a foreign power?? (that we were at war with once!!!)


8 posted on 01/16/2019 4:15:03 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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oh for goodness’ sakes!
how long is PDJT gonna let this Mueller krap go on.. and on... and on..??????????


9 posted on 01/16/2019 4:15:42 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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We know where this is headed. Pres Trump received election help from Israeli right if he moved embassy to Jerusalem. Never mind the caliph meddling in Israeli elections. The State dept vipers are behind this coup. You can bet on it


10 posted on 01/16/2019 4:23:17 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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Last I heard, Israel is an ally. And internet campaigning was done by both candidates and is not illegal. Obama was praised by the media for pioneering the tactic.


11 posted on 01/16/2019 4:23:59 PM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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Didn’t Obama interfere with an election in Israel years ago?


12 posted on 01/16/2019 4:28:14 PM PST by HighSierra5
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I heard Trump made a deal with the Martians that would give them a large supply of Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulators.

I heard it from high ranking White House insiders who wish to remain anonymous.


13 posted on 01/16/2019 4:33:31 PM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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We’re him and his dog wearing tennis shoes?


14 posted on 01/16/2019 4:38:01 PM PST by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought)
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God bless the Israelis and the Russians.
Without their influence we would have an insane, drunken murderous, stumbling communist harridan as president


15 posted on 01/16/2019 4:50:47 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (No hay dos sin tres)
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None of this would be a crime, if it were true.

HildaBeast tooks hundreds of millions in Saudi & Ukrainian cash, and worked with British intel to come up with the fake dossier. Mueller the Cover Up specialist has not interest in that.


16 posted on 01/16/2019 4:55:28 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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It appears as though Gates and as many as 2 prominent Republicans approaches an Israeli firm to manage, manipulate since they were being interviewed by a conservative, their approach to social media.

From this and other articles it appears the contract could have been worth as much as $3.4 million. Imagine that, $3.4 million. Wouldn't support Democrat's partying in Puerto Rico during the shutdown.

There is no indication they were hired, but it might have been considered. Democrats never hire PR firms after all.

I'm not sure quite how this is an issue for Mueller. Hiring an Israeli firm, booooooo, owned by an Australian is hardly foreign interference. I can't imagine a crime is involved. Unless Mueller assumes Israeli company, must be an Israeli government front. Reasonable I guess, Israel isn't exactly known for small start up companies. So it must be the government. The US is ahead in sheer numbers, I think Israel ranks 3. Can't remember who is 2, I'm thinking the UK.

17 posted on 01/16/2019 4:58:15 PM PST by SJackson (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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Who is heading up the Special Council investigating Mexican meddling in the 2016 election? Including voting in the damn thing????


18 posted on 01/16/2019 4:59:38 PM PST by The Toll
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Yes, as in sending money and advisors. Bill Clinton did it too. Sent the crazy Louisiana guy over to run things.


19 posted on 01/16/2019 4:59:41 PM PST by SJackson (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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Gates strikes me as an all around piece of crap.


20 posted on 01/16/2019 5:30:06 PM PST by jospehm20
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