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Rick Gates

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Former Trump deputy campaign manager who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and false statements and received probation with intermittent confinement.

Relationship to TrumpTrump deputy campaign manager and inaugural committee deputy chair

Timeline

  1. After a May 7 meeting, Manafort directs recurring internal-poll transfers to KilimnikTransfer established; downstream use of the polling not determinedformer deputy campaign chairman · documented · 2 sources
  2. Colony NorthStar terminates Gates's consulting contract after his indictmentConsulting contract terminated; charges later resolved by guilty pleaformer deputy campaign chairman · documented · 1 source
  3. Federal grand jury charges Gates with Manafort in foreign-lobbying and laundering caseCharges resolved by February 2018 guilty plea and later sentenceformer deputy campaign chairman · documented · 1 source
  4. Gates pleads guilty in federal courtPleaded guilty to conspiracy and false statements on February 23, 2018former campaign official who pleaded guilty · convicted · 1 source
  5. Gates testifies against Manafort and admits helping conceal foreign incomeTestimony contributed to Manafort verdict; Gates' own plea and cooperation completedformer deputy campaign chairman · documented · 2 sources
  6. Gates testifies that Trump discussed WikiLeaks with Stone during the campaignStone proceeding credited the testimony; Trump submitted a contrary lack-of-recollection answerformer deputy campaign chairman · documented · 2 sources
  7. Gates receives probation and intermittent confinementSentence imposed; no present custody state assertedformer Trump campaign official sentenced after guilty plea · convicted · 2 sources
Roles and relationships
Convictedlegal / 2019-12-17

Relationships

  1. former deputy campaign chairmanpoliticaldocumented · 5 files · 8 source referencesOpen cited record
  2. terminated consulting relationshipbusinessreported · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
  3. former campaign official who pleaded guiltylegalconvicted · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
  4. former Trump campaign official sentenced after guilty plealegalpoliticalconvicted · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
Source: Voice of America · Rights/use: Public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as a United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized