Rick Gates visited White House and raised money for Trump long after Manafort forced out over Russia
Rick Gates visited White House and raised money for Trump long after Manafort forced out over Russia
Travis Gettys 30 OCT 2017 AT 09:33 ET
President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his longtime business partner Rick Gates surrendered to the FBI as part of the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016 as an adviser but was promoted to campaign manager three months later, oversaw the Republican National Convention in July 2016 and was forced out a month later over his pro-Russia political work in Ukraine.
His home was raided by FBI agents in July seeking evidence of his financial ties to Russian oligarchs, and he was indicted Monday on tax fraud and other charges.
Longtime protégé Gates remained close to Trump after Manafort was ousted from the campaign, and he continued to visit the White House during the first two months of the administration.
Gates, who also worked with the same Russian oligarch who reportedly paid Manafort $10 million to promote Russian interests, led the outside group America First Policies to push Trump’s agenda until he was pushed out in March.
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