Trump ex-campaign aide Gates arrives at district court for sentencing after helping prosecutors

Record ID: 1448783

  • Title: Trump ex-campaign aide Gates arrives at district court for sentencing after helping prosecutors
  • Date: 17th December 2019
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 24, 2019) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER WALKING THROUGH HALLWAY IN CONGRESS MUELLER ENTERING HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
  • Embargoed: 31st December 2019 14:55
  • Keywords: Mueller Paul Manafort Rick Gates Russia Trump
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C./ CELVELAND, OHIO, UNITED STATES / UNKNOWN LOCATION
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C./ CELVELAND, OHIO, UNITED STATES / UNKNOWN LOCATION
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA003BAD7NLZ
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  • Story Text: Having delivered testimony that helped convict Republican operatives Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates will be sentenced on Tuesday (December 17), 22 months after pleading guilty to charges brought by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Gates arrived alone for his sentencing at a court in Washington, D.C. early Tuesday morning (December 17).
    Prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson for a lenient sentence that could include probation rather than prison time, citing his "extraordinary assistance" since Gates pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and special counsel's office and conspiracy against the United States.
    Gates, who held senior posts on the president's campaign team and inauguration committee, was one of several former Trump aides and advisers to be charged in Mueller's investigation that documented Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Gates, 47, initially pleaded not guilty, but reversed himself in February 2018 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
    At the hearing set for 10 a.m. (1500 GMT), Jackson could sentence Gates to up to 4-3/4 years in prison.
    (Production: Gershon Peaks, Pavithra George)
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