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Even at manafort's expense. rick gates admitted on the witness stand in that trial to stealing money from paul manafort, even as the two of them were busy defrauding other people and institutions to steal money from others. honor among thieves and all that. today the alumni reunion of the president's campaign continued in court with rick gates back on the witness stand again as a star witness for the prosecution. this time he was testifying in the trial of greg craig, the former obama white house counsel. the only member to get caught up so far in one of the prosecutions that derived from muel...

Also appeared to accuse a lot of other people of committing quite a few crimes as well. under oath, on the witness stand, whetoday rick gates not y testified against greg craig to support prosecutor allegations that he lied to the justice department about the work he did for manafort in ukraine, today, surprise, rick gates also testified that there are more d.c. big wigs in on that scheme, specifically more d.c. big wigs who knew they were working for a foreign government because he, rick gates, says he told them they were working for air foreign government. did you tell them who the client wa...

We know that he engaged at least one pr firm. he engaged lobbying firms. it's starting to feel like everybody who touched this, everybody who worked with manafort on this particular gig has got some sort of exposure or a lot of hassle in terms of the kind of work this was and the fact that the justice department is newly interested in prosecuting people for potentially working for foreign governments without registering as foreign agents. >> they definite have hassle. the justice department has poured through all kinds of e-mails and other communications. i think that the notion that prosecuto...

Unemployed. he said he has met with federal investigators about 40 times since he has been a cooperating witness. 40 meetings with prosecutors. defense attorneys made rick gates today admit that he was testifying in this trial as part of his cooperation deal because he hopes his cooperation with the government would result in him not having to serve prison time for the felonies to which he has pled guilty. the defense cross examining him said, quote, you also under the plea agreement get a promise you won't be prosecuted for other crimes. and you have committed quite a few, to which rick gates...

This afternoon. the reason i want to get to it is because we have somebody who will join us in a second who was there in the room when it happened today. by the room, i mean the courtroom. this is a legal drama that unfolded today in a way i don't know anybody thought to expect. the deputy chairman of president trump's campaign who is the deputy chairman of the president's inaugural committee, he is awaiting sentencing on two felony charges to which he pled guilty. while he awaits sentencing, he has been a cooperating witness for prosecutors. it turns out they have been using him for multiple ...