Rick Gates tells judge he's canceling Boston trip due to threat invoking Russian mafia

[kpete]

Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates told a federal court Thursday afternoon that he and his wife believe it's "not prudent" for them to take their four children on a trip to Boston, after feeling threatened by an online commenter who invoked the Russian mafia.

A Boston Globe report on Gates' scheduled trip, planned for next week and approved by Judge Amy Berman Jackson, "generated comments on the internet, some of which were of a threatening character," Gates' attorney said in a court filing.

Following his guilty plea and agreement to cooperate in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation last Friday, Gates had asked to take his family to Boston for spring break to learn about the Revolutionary War.

He is only allowed outside of the Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia, areas, where his lawyers are based and where he lives, with special permission from the judge.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/politics/rick-gates-boston-threat/index.html

[Skittles]

1. I hope his kids are safe

[gibraltar72]

2. Plutonium Flu season.

[dewsgirl]

3. +1

[dvduval]

4. They kill people

It is very significant. The Russians kill people. They do it without hesitation. They have a history of killing people who don’t agree with their mafia style politics. And he says threat should be investigated and there should be retaliation of equal or greater measure against the person making a threat.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Maybe not a good idea to dance with Devil.

[RDANGELO]

6. Sounds like they need to do something to protect him and his family.