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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Sure, but that book was by Lewandowski, who was fired and succeeded by Manafort and Gates, unlikely he’d talk highly or extensively about the people who succeeded him - and were more successful than him as campaign heads in a lot of ways.
There’s a lot of ‘score settling’ in that book re: Manafort from Lewandoski, I didn’t find it a particularly valuable book.
It looks like Mueller has dropped the charges against Gates .
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