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August 7, 2018

Rick Gates Testifies He and Manafort Committed Crimes
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Rick Gates, the right-hand man of Trump's former campaign chair Paul
Manafort, testified in federal court Monday that he has been involved in
criminal activity with Manafort. Gates has accepted a plea deal to
testify against Manafort, who is facing 18 charges, including tax fraud,
bank fraud and money laundering. Manafort's trial is the first trial
associated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into
Trump's ties to Russia. During Monday's hearing, Gates testified he
helped Manafort hide secret foreign bank accounts, obscured by 15 shell
companies, which the prosecution alleges were part of a long-running tax
and bank fraud scheme. In his testimony, Gates said, "I was the one who
helped organize the paperwork."


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