Rick Gates (political consultant)

Gates is the son of retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Gates Jr., who is also the founder and CEO of the Gates Group International, a management and information technology firm based in Prince George County, Virginia. An army brat, Gates was born in Fort Lee, Virginia, and lived on several military installations in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Germany as a boy, before his family settled in Prince George, Virginia.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/8a3454b867634cdb83c435c38c51ba58|title=Rick Gates: A Trump survivor is tested by Mueller probe|publisher=Associated Press|last1=Peoples|first1=Steve|last2=Horwitz|first2=Jeff|date=November 2, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://newbrunswick.archivalweb.com/scans/AppomattoxCL/The%20Hopewell%20News/0151_1990-01-01%20-%201990-03-30/0000306.pdf|title=Sisisky nominates students considered for academies|work=The Hopewell News|date=March 5, 1990|page=7|access-date=August 21, 2018}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} After graduating from Prince George High School in 1990, Gates attended the College of William & Mary, earning a degree in government in 1994. Gates was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity in college.{{cite news|url=http://wric.com/2017/10/30/man-indicted-in-trump-russia-probe-owns-home-in-richmond/|title=Rick Gates, indicted in Trump-Russia probe, owns home in Richmond|date=October 30, 2017|publisher=WRIC|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309053401/http://wric.com/2017/10/30/man-indicted-in-trump-russia-probe-owns-home-in-richmond/|url-status=dead}} Later, he earned a Master of Public Policy degree from George Washington University.{{cite news|url=http://www.nbc12.com/story/36716891/manaforts-former-business-partner-has-home-in-richmond|title=Manafort's former business partner has home in Richmond|last=DePompa|first=Rachel|date=October 30, 2017|publisher=WWBT|access-date=31 October 2017}}

Early in his career, Gates was appointed to the first class of the Falls Church Fellows program at the Falls Church Anglican, during which he also worked as an intern at the Washington, D.C., consulting firm Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly. There, he worked with Republican lobbyist Rick Davis, eventually going to work for the two business partners in 2006 at their new consulting firm, Davis Manafort, with an office in Kyiv, Ukraine. Among the clients Gates worked with were Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, taking over this work when Davis left the firm in 2008 to work on the presidential campaign of John McCain. Together, they were instrumental in brokering a meeting between McCain and Deripaska in 2006.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012403383.html|title=Aide Helped Controversial Russian Meet McCain|journal=The Washington Post and Times-Herald|first1=Jeffrey H.|last1=Birnbaum|first2=John|last2=Solomon|date=January 25, 2008|access-date=October 30, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/30/rick-gates-paul-manafort-donald-trump|title=Who is Rick Gates, Manafort's right-hand man and alleged partner in crime?|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|date=October 30, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=October 30, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

In June 2016, when Donald Trump promoted Manafort to the post of campaign manager, Gates worked as Manafort's deputy handling the day-to-day activities of the campaign including taking responsibility for apparent plagiarism in Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention. Gates stayed on as number two in the campaign under Steve Bannon after Manafort was forced to resign, and then worked as deputy chairman of the Donald Trump Inaugural Committee. He helped to form a pro-Trump nonprofit group called America First Policies but was removed from the organization after his involvement with Manafort's overseas ventures was exposed.{{cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/who-is-rick-gates/|title=Who Is Rick Gates?|last=Choma|first=Russ|date=October 30, 2017|work=Mother Jones|access-date=October 30, 2017}}

After his sentencing, Gates went on to publish a memoir titled Wicked Game: An Insider’s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed, and America Lost. He also founded a political consulting company called Tungsten LLC.{{cite news |newspaper=Politico |title=Rick Gates, who flipped on Trump in Russia probe, seeks redemption |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/rick-gates-redemption-432999 |date=October 28, 2020 |first=Daniel |last=Lippman}}

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On October 27, 2017, Gates and Manafort were indicted by a federal grand jury as part of the Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and related matters.{{Cite court|litigants=United States of America v. Paul J. Manafort Jr and Richard W. Gates III|date=October 27, 2017|url=https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download |access-date=October 30, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremy|title=Manafort, Gates charged with conspiracy against US|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/paul-manafort-russia-investigation-surrender/index.html|access-date=October 30, 2017|work=CNN|date=October 30, 2017}} The twelve-count indictment charged the two men with conspiracy against the United States, making false statements, money laundering, and failing to register as foreign agents for Ukraine as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The charges arose from his work as a consultant for a pro-Russian government in Ukraine and is related to the Trump campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/special-counsel-indictments.html|title=What It Means: The Indictment of Manafort and Gates|last=Savage|first=Charlie|date=October 30, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 30, 2017}}

Manafort and Gates surrendered to the FBI on October 30, 2017, and at a court hearing both chose to plead not guilty.{{cite news|first1=Matt|last1=Apuzzo|first2=Adam|last2=Goldman|first3=Michael S.|last3=Schmidt|first4=Matthew|last4=Rosenberg|title=Former Trump Aides Charged as Prosecutors Reveal New Campaign Ties With Russia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/paul-manafort-indicted.html|work=The New York Times|date=October 30, 2017|access-date=October 30, 2017}}

While awaiting trial, Manafort was released on $10 million bond and Gates was released on $5 million bond. Prosecutors described them as flight risks, and as a condition of pretrial release, both men surrendered their passports and were placed under house arrest.{{cite news|first=Evan|last=Halper|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-pol-essential-washington-updates-manafort-gates-plead-not-guilty-in-1509387632-htmlstory.html|title=$10 million bond for ex-Trump chairman Paul Manafort after not guilty plea in Russia probe|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 30, 2017|access-date=October 30, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-30/manafort-gates-placed-under-house-arrest-after-not-guilty-pleas|title=Manafort, Gates Placed Under House Arrest After Not Guilty Pleas|last=Harris|first=Andrew M.|date=October 30, 2017|work=Bloomberg|access-date=October 30, 2017}}

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an order on December 22, 2017, demanding that Gates explain why his comments in a brief, videotaped address to the fundraiser held in an Arlington, Va., Holiday Inn, on December 19, did not amount to a violation of the gag order she issued in the case. Of particular concern to Jackson is Gates's involvement with the eccentric Washington-area lobbyist who organized the event, Jack Burkman.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/22/rick-gates-legal-defense-fundraiser-judge-315753?lo=ap_f2|title=Judge irked by Gates legal defense fundraiser|work=POLITICO|access-date=2017-12-23}}

On January 23, 2018, CNN reported that Gates had added white-collar attorney Tom Green to his defense team. The action could relate to a change in strategy, e.g. from a flat not-guilty plea to some kind of cooperation with prosecutors.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/politics/rick-gates-new-attorney-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html|title=Gates may be negotiating with Mueller's team|last=Polantz|first=Katelyn|work=CNN|access-date=January 24, 2018|date=January 23, 2018}} On February 22, The Daily Beast reported that Gates fired Green, but later corrected its story.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-staffer-rick-gates-fires-his-lawyer-in-russia-probe |title=Ex-Trump Staffer Rick Gates to Plead Guilty in Russia Probe |last=Woodruff |first=Betsy |date=February 22, 2018 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 8, 2018 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/375162-rick-gates-retains-veteran-dc-lawyer/ |title=CORRECTED: ABC reports Gates has retained veteran DC lawyer |last=Delk |first=Josh |date=February 22, 2018 |work=The Hill |access-date=June 8, 2018 |language=en}}

On February 7, 2018, three of Gates's attorneys cited "irreconcilable differences" with their client in court hearing with Judge Amy Berman Jackson in their motion to withdraw as Gates's counsel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/rick-gates-lawyersquit-hearing-397403|title=Judge holds hearing on Gates' lawyers request to exit case|last=Gerstein|first=Josh|date=February 7, 2018|work=Politico|access-date=2018-02-08}}

On February 15, 2018, CNN reported that Gates had begun finalizing a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office, indicating he was poised to cooperate in the Special Counsel's investigation, as he had undergone his "Queen for a Day" interview, in which he answered any and all questions from the Special Counsel's team, including about his own case and other potential criminal activity he witnessed or participated in, with the only stipulation being that he could not lie.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html|title=A top Trump campaign adviser close to plea deal with Mueller|last1=Polantz|first1=Katelyn|first2=Sara|last2=Murray|date=February 15, 2018|work=CNN|access-date=February 16, 2018}} During this proffer session interview, on February 1, Gates lied to FBI investigators, and this false statement made by Gates was incorporated into the plea bargain that he subsequently entered into.

On February 22, 2018, Mueller revealed new charges in the Manafort and Gates case,{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/manafort-filing-bank-fraud-allegations/index.html|title=Special counsel court filing reveals new bank fraud allegations against Manafort|first=Katelyn|last=Polantz|date=2018-02-17|access-date=2018-02-17|work=CNN}} filed on February 21.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/21/paul-manafort-rick-gates-new-charges-criminal-case-419685|last=Gerstein|first=Josh|title=New charges filed in Manafort-Gates case|work=POLITICO|access-date=February 21, 2018}} Unlike previous indictments, the superseding indictment was issued by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and contains 32 counts: 16 counts related to false individual income tax returns, seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy, and four counts of bank fraud.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-mueller-files-new-charges-in-manafort-gates-case/2018/02/22/7db99c9c-1716-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html|title=Special counsel Mueller files new charges in Manafort, Gates case|first1=Devlin|last1=Barrett|first2=Spencer S.|last2=Hsu|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 22, 2018|access-date=February 22, 2018}}

On February 23, 2018, Gates pleaded guilty to one count of false statements and one count of conspiracy against the United States.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/former-trump-campaign-official-rick-gates-pleads-guilty-on-two-counts.html|title=Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates pleads guilty to lying and conspiracy against the US|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|date=2018-02-23|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-02-23}} The plea bargain included an agreement to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-aide-richard-gates-poised-plead-guilty-cooperate/story?id=53300996 Former Trump aide tells loved ones of plans to plead guilty, cooperate with special counsel]. John Santucci and Matthew Mosk, ABC News, 23 February 2018 Federal guidelines suggested that Gates would face a sentence of 57 to 71 months.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2018-02-23/ex-trump-aide-rick-gates-plea-hearing|title=Ex-Trump Aide Rick Gates Plea Hearing|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-02-23}} His sentencing date was postponed on multiple occasions, with a March 2019 court filing requesting another sixty day extension, stating Gates "continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations," suggesting that his cooperation extended beyond matters involving Manafort, who had already been convicted in two courts by that time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/rick-gates-continues-to-cooperate-in-several-ongoing-investigations-and-is-not-ready-for-sentencing/2019/03/15/f22f0e4a-4677-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html|title=Rick Gates continues to cooperate in 'several ongoing' investigations and is not ready for sentencing|newspaper=The Washington Post}} On May 13, 2019, prosecutors asked for another extension until August 30, stating that Gates continues to cooperate and referencing the pending trials of Roger Stone and Gregory Craig.{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2Q4WQKX|title=Gates may testify in Roger Stone, Greg Craig trials|first=Darren|last=Samuelsohn|website=POLITICO|date=May 13, 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1128029525655334912|title=NEW: Rick Gates "continues to cooperate with the government" as part of his plea deal and isn't yet ready for sentencing, DOJ and Gates' attorneys say in a joint status report filed today. It looks like he could testify in trials involving Greg Craig and Roger Stone too. Story TK.pic.twitter.com/yzP1o3zPYL|first=Darren|last=Samuelsohn|date=May 13, 2019}} He was sentenced in December 2019 to 45 days in jail and three years of probation, though the sentence was suspended in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-suspends-45-day-prison-term-for-former-trump-campaign-aide-rick-gates-citing-coronavirus/2020/04/21/98aa687e-83f2-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html|title=Judge suspends 45-day prison term for former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates, citing coronavirus|first=Spencer S.|last=Hsu|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Gates was sued by his former attorneys, of Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack, for $368,525.34 in unpaid legal fees.{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/rick-gates-attorneys-bills-892059 |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Former Rick Gates attorneys sue him for $369,000 in unpaid bills |first1=Brent D. |last1=Griffiths |first2=Josh |last2=Gerstein |publisher=Politico}}{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000166-60f3-d0b1-a57e-ecfb40c10001 |title=Case 1:18-cv-09282 Document 1 |date=October 10, 2018 |publisher=Politico |first=Joel A. |last=Siegel}}

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Gates, who struck a plea deal with Federal prosecutors including an agreement to testify against Manafort, became the government's star witness during Manafort's trial. Manafort was convicted of 8 counts of tax and bank fraud.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-defense-questions-star-witness-gates-about-secret-life-idUSKBN1KS10W|title=Manafort defense questions star witness Gates about 'secret life'|date=August 7, 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=16 August 2018}} During the trial, Gates testified that he and Manafort carried out an elaborate offshore tax evasion and bank fraud scheme using offshore shell companies and bank accounts in Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the United Kingdom to funnel millions of dollars from their political consulting work in Ukraine.{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/b851252ece1d4783a3534fe748265f9c|title=Gates admits crimes with - and embezzlement from - Manafort|last=Day|first=Chad|date=August 9, 2018|work=Associated Press News|access-date=15 August 2018}} Gates said he concealed the accounts and the income from U.S. tax authorities by disguising the income as loans with falsified bank loan documents. Gates also testified that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from Manafort, and funded an expensive extramarital relationship with money embezzled from Manafort.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rick-gates-testifying-manafort-trial-admits-affair-london-apartment-n898276|title=Rick Gates, testifying in Manafort trial, admits to affair, London apartment|date=August 7, 2018|work=NBC News|access-date=August 15, 2018}}

In a February 7, 2019, hearing, prosecutors speculated that Manafort had concealed facts about his activities to enhance the possibility of his receiving a pardon. They said that Manafort's work with Ukraine had continued after he had made his plea deal and that during the Trump campaign, he met with Gates and Konstantin Kilimnik, in an exclusive New York cigar bar. Gates said the three left the premises separately, each using different exits. Kilimnik was indicted by Mueller.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/prosecutors-manafort-continued-ukraine-work-in-2018-and-key-russian-aide-came-to-trump-inauguration/2019/02/07/a0210b96-2a50-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html Manafort continued Ukraine work in 2018, prosecutors say], The Washington Post, Spencer S. Hsu, Rosalind S. Helderman, and Matt Zapotosky, February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

According to prosecutors in the special counsel's office, Gates continued to provide information relevant to multiple "ongoing investigations" after the conclusion of Manafort's federal case in March 2019, and Gates's sentencing has been delayed while that cooperation continues.{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/15/18267290/mueller-rick-gates-trump-russia-inauguration|title=Top Mueller cooperator Rick Gates continues to cooperate with several investigations|last=Prokop|first=Andrew|date=March 15, 2019|work=Vox|access-date=20 March 2019}}

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has sued Paul Manafort and Rick Gates for more than $25 million in damages over business deals involving his companies. The complaint filed in a New York state court in 2018 alleges that Manafort and Gates bilked his companies out of millions of dollars given to them to invest.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-sues-manafort-gates-ny-n836586|title=Paul Manafort has a new legal headache. A Russian oligarch is suing him.|website=NBC News|date=January 10, 2018 }} The lawsuit relies, in part, on allegations that were outlined in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against Manafort and Gates. Deripaska has also made similar claims in previous legal complaints filed against Manafort and Gates in the Cayman Islands in 2014 and in a Virginia state court in 2015 accusing Manafort and Gates of taking $19 million intended for investment then failing to account for the funds or return them.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/24/manaforts-russia-connection-what-you-need-to-know-about-oleg-deripaska/|title=Analysis | Manafort's Russia connection: What you need to know about Oleg Deripaska|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

On November 12, 2019, Gates testified in the criminal trial of Roger Stone, stating that he witnessed a call between Donald Trump and Stone related to the WikiLeaks website in late July 2016. Although he could not hear what was said, within 30 seconds or so of Trump hanging up, Trump said that "more information would be coming," in an apparent reference to WikiLeaks.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone-idUSKBN1XM1EK|title=Trump campaign wanted updates on 2016 WikiLeaks releases on Clinton: ex-aide testifies|date=2019-11-13|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-11-13|language=en}} On November 15, Stone was found guilty on all seven counts, obstruction of proceedings, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/15/trump-friend-roger-stone-found-guilty-of-lying-to-congress.html|title=Trump ally Roger Stone found guilty of lying to Congress, witness tampering|last1=Mangan|first2=Kevin|last2= Breuninger|first1=Dan|date=2019-11-15|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}}

In December 2019, Federal prosecutors said they would not oppose a sentence of probation, citing his "extraordinary assistance" in cases that led to the convictions of associates of President Donald Trump, even after receiving "pressure not to cooperate ... including assurances of monetary assistance."{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/10/prosecutors-back-probation-for-rick-gates-trump-campaign-aide.html|title=Prosecutors support probation for ex-Trump campaign official Rick Gates, who helped Mueller probe|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=2019-12-10|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-gates-idUSKBN1YL16K|title=Trump ex-campaign aide Gates to be sentenced after helping prosecutors|date=2019-12-17|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-12-17|language=en}}

On December 17, 2019, Gates was sentenced to three years of probation, 45 days in jail, and 300 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/rick-gates-sentenced-to-three-years-of-probation-45-days-in-jail|title=Rick Gates Sentenced to Three Years of Probation, 45 Days in Jail|last=Rawnsley|first=Jamie Ross{{!}}Adam|date=2019-12-17|access-date=2019-12-17|language=en}} The judge took into account years of financial crimes and deception that continued even after he had agreed to plead guilty and cooperate. Gates accepted responsibility and said "I greatly regret the mistakes I have made." before being sentenced.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/17/trump-russia-rick-gates-45-days-prison-fbi|title=Rick Gates: ex-Trump aide sentenced to 45 days in prison for lying to FBI|author=|date=2019-12-17|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

In April 2020, a U.S. District Judge granted a request for Gates to finish his 45 day sentence at home due to the risk of his wife, who had cancer, contracting the coronavirus if he stayed in jail.{{Cite news |title=Judge suspends 45-day prison term for former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates, citing coronavirus |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-suspends-45-day-prison-term-for-former-trump-campaign-aide-rick-gates-citing-coronavirus/2020/04/21/98aa687e-83f2-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |title=Rick Gates asks to serve sentence at home |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/19/rick-gates-asks-to-serve-sentence-at-home-195846 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=POLITICO |date=April 19, 2020 |language=en}}

In 1995, Gates married Sarah Garnett. They have four children.{{cite news|url=http://newbrunswick.archivalweb.com/scans/AppomattoxCL/The%20Hopewell%20News/0172_1995-04-01%20-%201995-06-30/0000359.pdf|title=Garnett-Gates|work=The Hopewell News|date=June 19, 1995|page=4|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027171334/http://newbrunswick.archivalweb.com/scans/AppomattoxCL/The%20Hopewell%20News/0172_1995-04-01%20-%201995-06-30/0000359.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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