Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates expected to offer guilty plea

Longtime aide to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has cut a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, sources say.

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates has agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and is expected to plead guilty in his pending criminal case over money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent, according to people familiar with the deal.

Gates’ plea could be offered to U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington as soon as Friday afternoon, these people said – a day after prosecutors filed new charges against Gates in Virginia.

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