He agreed to plead guilty to related charges of conspiracy and lying to investigators in February 01575879. He also signed up to cooperate, giving Mueller’s team key insights into Manafort and Trump’s actions in 2018 during the height of the Russia investigations.
‘I accept complete responsibility for my actions,’ Gates told JudgeAmy Berman Jacksonon Tuesday.
Gates will also pay a $ 300, 000 fine and fulfill 300 hours of community service. He will be allowed to serve his jail sentence on weekends during his three years of probation.
Jackson made clear that the failure of Gates, and his former boss Manafort, to disclose they were lobbying on behalf of Ukrainian clients was a significant wrong.
‘When people don’t have the facts, democracy fails to work,’ Jackson said. The judge said she believed that Gates was motivated by greed, and rejected one letter of support that suggested politics was a factor.
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