Ex-Trump campaign aide Rick Gates is finalizing a plea deal based on what he told Mueller: report
A former adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign is finalizing a plea deal and likely cooperating with special counsel Mueller. in his investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
reported Thursday evening that Rick Gates, who was also a close business associate of one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort, will become the third person known to cooperate with Mueller.
Gates has reportedly been in plea negotiations with prosecutors for roughly a month, and has had his "Queen for a Day" interview "in which a defendant answers any questions from the prosecutors' team, including about his own case and other potential criminal activity he witnessed."