{"id":36,"date":"2023-12-30T22:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turd.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2023-12-31T20:46:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:46:46","slug":"rick-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Rick Gates, Deputy Campaign Manager (convicted)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gates pleaded guilty to charges related to financial crimes and providing false statements in connection with the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Rick Gates is a political consultant and former associate of Donald Trump. Born on April 27, 1972, in Richmond, Virginia, Gates gained attention for his involvement in Trump&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign and later faced legal issues related to the investigation into Russian interference in the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early Career:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gates began his career working for political consulting firms and lobbying organizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He first worked with Paul Manafort, another key figure in Trump&#8217;s campaign, in the mid-2000s on international political consulting projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work with Paul Manafort:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gates and Manafort collaborated on various political consulting ventures, including their work for pro-Russian political figures in Ukraine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both were indicted in 2017 on charges related to financial crimes and lobbying violations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Involvement in Trump&#8217;s Campaign:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rick Gates joined Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign alongside Paul Manafort.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He served as the campaign&#8217;s deputy chairman and played a role in managing the Republican National Convention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal Troubles and Cooperation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gates, along with Manafort, faced charges related to financial fraud, tax evasion, and failure to disclose foreign lobbying activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In February 2018, Gates pleaded guilty to several charges as part of a plea deal. He cooperated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Russian interference and potential collusion with the Trump campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testimony and Sentencing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gates provided key testimony during the trial of Paul Manafort and other legal proceedings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In December 2019, Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail, three years of probation, and 300 hours of community service after being convicted of conspiracy and making false statements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post-Legal Period:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After serving his sentence, Gates wrote a book, &#8220;Wicked Game: An Insider&#8217;s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed, and America Lost,&#8221; offering insights into his experiences with the Trump campaign and the Mueller investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rick Gates&#8217; legal issues were primarily related to financial crimes and lobbying violations, and his cooperation with the Mueller investigation played a role in the legal proceedings against Paul Manafort and others. Gates&#8217; post-legal period included reflections on his time with the Trump campaign and his views on the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gates pleaded guilty to charges related to financial crimes and providing false statements in connection with the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-campaign-staff"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gates-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gates-600x563.png","author_info":{"display_name":"turd","author_link":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeboss.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}