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Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates plans to plead guilty to 2 charges
Washington Post ^ | Feb. 23, 2018 | Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu and Tom Hamburger

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gates; manafort; mueller; muellerinvestigation; rickgates; trump; trumprussia
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To: sickoflibs

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


21 posted on 02/23/2018 11:57:47 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: sickoflibs

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


22 posted on 02/23/2018 11:57:50 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Mariner

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.


23 posted on 02/23/2018 12:03:00 PM PST by Abby4116
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To: sickoflibs

so the conspiracy is with Manafort ?


24 posted on 02/23/2018 12:09:13 PM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Manafort's only role was to manage the delegate-wrangling process at the RNC convention in 2016, because the GOPe and Ted Cruz were sending signals of a floor fight.

Once the convention was over, Trump released Manafort.

-PJ

25 posted on 02/23/2018 12:10:57 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: sickoflibs

So he lied about a 2013 incident? You have got to be kidding me. At what point is this entrapment?


26 posted on 02/23/2018 12:16:03 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Nero Germanicus

“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.


27 posted on 02/23/2018 12:20:45 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

That, and sleep through the meeting with Velitskaya.

Thanks.


28 posted on 02/23/2018 12:23:31 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (We)
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To: Innovative

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.


29 posted on 02/23/2018 12:26:07 PM PST by Maris Crane (`)
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To: Innovative

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.


30 posted on 02/23/2018 12:41:52 PM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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To: babble-on

Your talking pure BS. A Russian conspiracy? Where and how? And please don’t tell me about the troll farm.


31 posted on 02/23/2018 12:42:45 PM PST by hotsteppa
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To: Innovative

Mueller will next get someone to plead guilty of taking several paperclips home from the office.


32 posted on 02/23/2018 12:44:28 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Innovative
" lied about a 2013 meeting"

And yet the opening of the story tries very hard to tie this - via innuendo - to the Trump campaign.
33 posted on 02/23/2018 12:49:52 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

“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.


34 posted on 02/23/2018 1:33:12 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: sickoflibs
a 2013 meeting between Manafort, a lobbyist, and a congressman.
35 posted on 02/23/2018 1:47:43 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: Innovative

Which Congressman was supposedly in this 2013 meeting? Is Mueller going to blackmail him?


36 posted on 02/23/2018 1:51:43 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: babble-on
What was Trump thinking hiring these corrupt baboons? Where did the names even come up?

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.

37 posted on 02/23/2018 1:57:18 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Innovative

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?


38 posted on 02/23/2018 1:59:08 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

That’s why a prosecutor holds their guilty pleas over their heads until the information they divulge checks out.


39 posted on 02/23/2018 2:02:57 PM PST by Nero Germanicus
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Only a fool would plead guilty to anything Mueller came up with after seeing the Nunes FISA memo.

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.

40 posted on 02/23/2018 2:03:53 PM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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