Ex-Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets 45 days in jail

Last Updated Tuesday, December 17, 2019 1:52PM ESTWASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Trump campaign official Rick Gates to 45 days in jail despite what she said was "extraordinary" co-operation with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and other Justice Department investigations.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson commended Gates for his co-operation, describing it as an "important public service" that went to the heart of the central question that Mueller and his team sought to answer -- whether President Donald Trump's campaign co-ordinated with Russia during the 2016 election.

But she also scolded him for years of financial crimes and deception that continued even after he had agreed to plead guilty and co-operate. She said it was "hard to overstate the number of lies" and the amount of fraud involved in the case.Gates sought leniency from the judge, saying in a brief statement Tuesday that he accepted responsibility for his crimes.

The three who had already been sentenced before Tuesday -- Manafort, Michael Cohen and George Papadopoulos -- have all received prison time. Two others, former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn and Trump confidant Roger Stone, are awaiting sentencing. Gates pleaded guilty to charges of false statements and conspiracy against the United States, and he agreed to co-operate with prosecutors, including by testifying against Manafort, who is now serving more than seven years in prison.

I forget, how many arrested and convicted under Obama?

Is that all!!?

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