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Manafort's deputy Rick Gates admits he had a mistress, bought her a London apartment, stole millions
- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Paul Manafort's long-time deputy testified for second day at his former boss's fraud trial in Alexandria, VA and came under fierce fire from the defense
- Rick Gates admitted he had lied repeatedly about his own conduct to Robert Mueller's special counsel probe before making a plea bargain
- He admitted he had a mistress whom he had bought a London apartment and admitted that he had stolen millions from Manafort himself
- Woman was unnamed but Gates is a married father of four who said his wife now knew about the affair
- He earlier told prosecutors that he said Manafort and he set up a network of offshore shell companies and bank accounts to hide income from the IRS
- Cash-strapped Manafort wrote 'WTF' when he saw how much tax he owed and ordered Gates to bring down the bill illegally, Gates testified
- 'Mr Manafort had a great day in court,' his attorney Kevin Downing said as he left the courthouse
Posted by: Fred 2018-08-08 |
