Save yourselves!

Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is finalizing a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office, indicating he's poised to cooperate in the investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.

Gates has already spoken to Mueller's team about his case and has been in plea negotiations for about a month. He's had what criminal lawyers call a "Queen for a Day" interview, in which a defendant answers any questions from the prosecutors' team, including about his own case and other potential criminal activity he witnessed.

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Once a plea deal is in place, Gates would become the third known cooperator in Mueller's sprawling probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

  CNN

"Queen for a day"? Whatever. The dominoes are still falling.

In a Queen for a Day interview, a defendant can typically admit to crimes with little additional consequences, unless he or she lies.

I see.

The White House sees little sign that Gates' cooperation could pose any risk to the President.

Like Hell they don't!

"There'd be no anxiety here" if Gates cooperated with Mueller in exchange for a plea deal, one White House official said.

Either that "official" doesn't know what Trump's exposure is in money laundering and racketeering, or - and this is much more likely - that official then went straight away to the nearest john and cleaned his pants.

Gates' plea deal could be announced in the next few days, given that he's asked a judge for an extension until Wednesday to discuss his in-flux legal representation.

At the same time, investigators with the special counsel's office are preparing to file new charges against him, according to people familiar with the probe. The additional charges are tax-related, these people say, which could increase the fines and prison time Gates faces in court. More charges are also being prepared against Manafort related to his work before he joined the Trump campaign, according to another source familiar with the case.

Tell that to "the White House."

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.