8/2/2019

2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Gates, one of the most significant cooperators of the Mueller investigation, is poised to testify publicly against two of his former associates and potentially speak about the Trump campaign’s interest in WikiLeaks and the Russian hack of the Democrats in 2016 before he is sentenced in the coming months. Prosecutors and Gates’ defense team filed a notice with the federal court in Washington Thursday night that Gates will be ready for sentencing about two years after his indictment. The notice is the surest sign yet that federal authorities have wrapped major investigatory matters related to the 2016 Trump campaign. But first, the former Trump deputy campaign chairman may have revealing details to share during the trial of Trump adviser Roger Stone in November. Gates is also expected to be a witness in the upcoming trials of former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig and New York State’s case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.”

Katelyn Polantz, “Rick Gates will finally be sentenced — but not before he testifies about Trump campaign in 2016,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 2, 2019 12:46 pm