Rick Gates, the former business partner of ex–Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, was sentenced to 45 days in jail, three years of probation and a $20,000 fine after pleading guilty in February 2018 to two charges related to conspiracy and making false statements. “I accept complete responsibility for my actions,” Gates said in a Washington, D.C., court Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson. As a star witness in the case against Manafort, Gates admitted last summer to a staggering arrayof criminal activity. Gates and Manafort were among the first to be charged in Mueller’s investigation. Gates also detailed a phone call that contradicted President Donald Trump during the trial of former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone.

Source: Huffington Post December 17, 2019 16:52 UTC