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Rick Gates

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Relationship to TrumpTrump deputy campaign manager and inaugural committee deputy chairpolitical / 1 source

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

Convictedlegal / 2019-12-17

Exact relationships

  1. former deputy campaign chairmanpoliticaldocumented · 5 files · 8 source references
  2. former campaign official who pleaded guiltylegalconvicted · 1 file · 1 source reference
  3. former Trump campaign official sentenced after guilty plealegalpoliticalconvicted · 1 file · 2 source references

Money, power & fallout

  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
  8. Gates serves as Trump's deputy campaign managerFormer 2016 deputy campaign manager and inaugural committee deputy chairTrump deputy campaign manager and inaugural committee deputy chair · documented · 1 source
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