I guess so. And considering the fact that Gates was Manafort's assistant when Manafort was heading up the Trump campaign at that time, this little tidbit should squeeze the vice on him even tighter. And perhaps clue the Trump attorney team - such as it is - that they really are in deep doodoo.[D]ocuments, filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team [yesterday], allege that Rick Gates, a longtime business partner of Manafort and President Trump's former deputy campaign manager, was aware that an unidentified associate "was a former Russian Intelligence Officer."
The documents also allege that Gates and the individual continued to communicate with one another in the months before the 2016 presidential election. Such communication "was pertinent to the investigation," prosecutors said.
The Hill
Lordy, I hope Trump is "interviewed" by Mueller. Wouldn't you like a front row seat to that?
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.The FBI's assessment was made public in a sentencing memo filed late Tuesday in the case of Alex van der Zwaan, a London-based lawyer, who pleaded guilty last month to lying to investigators about his contacts with Gates and the unidentified associate.
In the memo, prosecutors said that van der Zwaan acknowledged to special counsel investigators in an interview that Gates had told him of the associate's ties to a Russian military intelligence agency, the GRU.
The individual in question is referred to in the court filings only as "Person A." The Washington Post reported Tuesday, however, that the associate matches the description of Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime Russian employee of Manafort.
Kilimnik has previously denied having ties to Russian intelligence. He told the Post in a statement in June that he has "no relation to the Russian or any other intelligence service."
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