By jdubble07
(2017-10-30)Richard W. Gates, III, commonly known as Rick Gates, is a lobbyist and political consultant who, on 30 OCT 2017, was indicted under Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections along with his business partner, Paul Manafort. The two were charged with laundering $75M for foreign governments and for conspiracy against the United States.
Manafort served as Trump's campaign manager and Gates as deputy campaign manager as well as the go-between for the campaign and the Republican National Committee.