WASHINGTON
(AP) — A former senior adviser to President Donald Trump's election
campaign pleaded guilty Friday to federal conspiracy and
false-statements charges, switching from defendant to cooperating
witness in the special counsel's probe of Trump's campaign and Russia's
election interference.
The
plea by Rick Gates revealed that he will help special counsel Robert
Mueller's investigation in "any and all matters" as prosecutors continue
to probe the 2016 campaign, Russian meddling and Gates' longtime
business associate, one-time Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
With
his cooperation, Gates gives Mueller a witness willing to provide
information on Manafort about his finances and political consulting work
in Ukraine, and also someone who had access at the highest levels of
Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Gates,
45, of Richmond, Virginia, made the plea at the federal courthouse in
Washington. He stood somberly beside his attorney and did not speak
during his hearing except to answer routine questions from the judge
about whether he understood the rights he was giving up.
Source: Yahoo News
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