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Robert Mueller Found The One Person Who Agreed To Stab Trump In The Back
Robert Mueller breathed new life into his sputtering witch hunt.
He’s found no evidence of collusion with Russia so he’s desperate for a silver bullet
to take down the President.
And now he’s reached an agreement that could be bad news for Trump.
Rick Gates was the deputy to Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
He was charged along with Manafort last fall on a number of counts relating to their work
as foreign lobbyists from 2006 to 2014, long before they ever entered Trump’s orbit.
Now Gates is about strike a deal with the special counsel.
The Daily Caller reports:
FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISER RICK GATES IS REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO ACCEPT A PLEA DEAL
WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE.
GATES HAS BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH MUELLER’S PROSECUTORS FOR ROUGHLY A MONTH, ACCORDING
TO CNN.
HE WAS INDICTED IN OCTOBER ALONG WITH HIS BUSINESS PARTNER, FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN
PAUL MANAFORT.
GATES AND MANAFORT WERE INDICTED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING AND OTHER CRIMES RELATED TO POLITICAL
CONSULTING WORK THEY DID WELL BEFORE JOINING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOR A UKRAINIAN POLITICAL
PARTY.
GATES HAS ALREADY MET WITH MUELLER’S TEAM IN WHAT’S KNOWN AS A “QUEEN FOR A DAY”
SESSION, ACCORDING TO CNN.
IN SUCH MEETINGS, DEFENDANTS ARE GENERALLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY ABOUT OTHER CRIMES
THAT THEY WITNESSED IN EXCHANGE FOR ASSURANCES THAT THEIR WORDS WILL NOT BE USED AGAINST
THEM.”
Mueller would surely be interested in a deal if Gates is able to provide information that
moves his faltering collusion investigation forward.
But can Gates do that?
The Daily Caller reports the White House is not worried about anything Gates could tell
Mueller:
IT IS UNCLEAR IF GATES PLANS TO SHARE INFORMATION STRICTLY RELATED TO MANAFORT OR IF HE HAS
DAMNING INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TOLD CNN THAT THERE IS LITTLE CONCERN IN THE ADMINISTRATION THAT
A GATES PLEA DEAL WILL HARM TRUMP.
“THERE’D BE NO ANXIETY HERE,” THE OFFICIAL SAID.”
Mueller’s collusion investigation is taking its dying breaths.
No one has found any evidence of collusion.
But it’s not been for a lack of trying.
The FBI has spent 18 months digging into the Trump campaign and Russia and have come up
empty.
It is exactly what Donald Trump said it was – a witch hunt.
There is little chance Gates will be able to provide any new information on Russian
collusion.
But Mueller will press forward because he is desperate to find anything he can use to
try and drive the President from office.
We will keep you up to date on any new developments in this story.
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