Posted on 02/23/2018 11:22:47 AM PST by Innovative
Rick Gates, a former top official in President Trump’s campaign, has agreed to plead guilty Friday afternoon to conspiracy and lying to the FBI, according to court papers filed by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
The guilty plea, which is scheduled for 2 p.m., caps a busy week for Mueller’s investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and related issues. It also ends a tumultuous period for Gates, who found himself re-indicted, changing lawyers and agreeing to plead guilty all within 24 hours.
According to a criminal information — a document filed with the permission of the defendant which traditionally signals that person plans to plead guilty — Gates conspired to defraud the United States regarding the money he and his business partner Paul Manafort earned, and lied to the FBI in a Feb. 1, 2018 interview about a 2013 meeting between Manafort, a lobbyist, and a congressman.
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That’s the point,Gates did work on the campaign,something happened with this guy and this woman Hope Hicks when discussing Trump Juniors meeting with that Russian lawyer,that I think Mueller is going to try and exploit.
We shall see
That’s the point,Gates did work on the campaign,something happened with this guy and this woman Hope Hicks when discussing Trump Juniors meeting with that Russian lawyer,that I think Mueller is going to try and exploit.
We shall see
IIRC, Manafort was brought in to keep the delegates that Trump had already legally won in the primaries but were in danger of being stolen by the #2 guy.
so the conspiracy is with Manafort ?
Once the convention was over, Trump released Manafort.
-PJ
So he lied about a 2013 incident? You have got to be kidding me. At what point is this entrapment?
“This is all about flipping Paul Manafort, Trump campaign manager. Rick Gates was deputy campaign manager and Manafort’s business partner.”
They aren’t going to flip. They probably have guarantees of pardons if they just tell the truth.
That, and sleep through the meeting with Velitskaya.
Thanks.
I’m still wondering whether all of Mueller’s accusations, indictments and threats, having been born from THAT FISA authorization, will be thrown out eventually.
And, in the wake of that happening, can Mr. Special Prosecutor expect to be sued. Or is that wishful thinking on my part. I want to believe that Mueller is just spinning his broken wheels.
If I’ve learned only one thing from watching this circus over the last year it’s this.
Don’t ever talk to the FBI without the aid of counsel.
Your talking pure BS. A Russian conspiracy? Where and how? And please don’t tell me about the troll farm.
Mueller will next get someone to plead guilty of taking several paperclips home from the office.
“I wonder how many indictments would come down if a special prosecutor with unlimited funds and only Republican prosecutors would study the acts of a variety of Democrat politicians for the last 15 years?”
Summary execution of the whole lot.
Well, ok, maybe a speedy military tribunal, then straight to the gallows.
Which Congressman was supposedly in this 2013 meeting? Is Mueller going to blackmail him?
The way I look at it, Trump was out on his own during the primaries. The GOP offered no help, and were actively against him. All the while, he's in the midst of the firestorm of primary season, trying to compete in every state, without any previous experience or little guidance.
Sure, he made some mistakes in hiring, and he corrected it and learned from it. Basically, he had wandered into the snake pit of national politics while the establishment and the media were firing at him constantly. That he was able to win is a credit to the people who looked past the problems on the campaign trail, and to Trump for not giving up.
Was Gates really a “top official”? Never heard of the guy.
But the headline reflects negatively on Trump, so there you have it. Fake news?
That’s why a prosecutor holds their guilty pleas over their heads until the information they divulge checks out.
The charges that Gates pled to are old. They predate anything done to get Trump, including the potentially illegal warrant and spying. It's Flynn who needs to withdraw his guilty plea.
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