2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Kevin Downing, the lead defense lawyer, began cross-examination Tuesday [8-7-18] by hammering at Mr. Gates’s credibility, demanding an exact accounting of when he lied to the government and pleaded guilty to the charge of doing so. Mr. Gates seemed to struggle to articulate that timeline, prompting Judge T. S. Ellis III to intervene. Mr. Downing also pressed Mr. Gates on the number of interactions he had with the special counsel’s office — Mr. Gates estimated around 20 meetings — and who from the office confronted him about giving a false statement. Mr. Gates admitted that he submitted false expense reports to pay for personal expenses while he worked for Mr. Manafort. As part of that line of inquiry, he also admitted to having an affair about a decade ago, flying first class to London to an apartment he used for trysts. Mr. Downing wanted to know whether Mr. Gates used company money to help pay for his secret relationship, but Mr. Gates only said that he used his family’s money and other funds to help finance the affair.”
–NYT Staff, “Paul Manafort Trial: Gates Admits Having Affair as Defense Attacks Him,” The New York Times online, August 7, 2018 3:27 pm