Mainecat Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Why would his third set of lawyers quit his case? Lawyers for Manafort co-defendant due at sealed hearing asking to leave Mueller-probe case Source: The Washington Post By Spencer S. Hsu February 7 at 6:00 AM Lawyers for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s co-defendant, Rick Gates, are asking a federal judge to leave the case in a motion set to be heard in a sealed hearing in Washington on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District set the 10:30 a.m. hearing behind closed doors to preserve the secrecy of attorney-client communications. Gates’s attorneys Shanlon Wu of Washington and Walter Mack and Annemarie McAvoy of New York on Thursday moved to withdraw as counsel in a shake-up in the pending prosecution by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. The shift could leave Gates, 45, with his third set of defense lawyers since he and his former employer, Manafort, 68, were indicted Oct. 30 on fraud, conspiracy and money-laundering counts in the first disclosed charges in Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in U.S. political affairs. The timing of the change in lawyers comes as the prosecution enters a new phase preparing for trial. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/lawyers-for-manafort-co-defendant-due-at-sealed-hearing-asking-to-leave-mueller-probe-case/2018/02/06/a1cd2652-0b6e-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html Edited February 7, 2018 by Mainecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Oh, I'm sure it's because Trump is guilty of KullOOOzzzion. Just spit balling tho...I just saw it was a WAPO story. So, I'm assuming it all leads to Trump somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F3600 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 So this article is actually about Gates who doesn't have ties to Trump. Gates relationship is to Manafort on a Mueller charge that predates Manafort's relationship with Trump. Basically an article trying to make a huge leap to Trump. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, F3600 said: So this article is actually about Gates who doesn't have ties to Trump. Gates relationship is to Manafort on a Mueller charge that predates Manafort's relationship with Trump. Basically an article trying to make a huge leap to Trump. Richard W. Gates III (born April 27, 1972) is an American political consultant and lobbyist.[1] He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016.[2] He and Manafort were indicted in October 2017 on charges related to their consulting work with political figures in Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 11 minutes ago, F3600 said: So this article is actually about Gates who doesn't have ties to Trump. Gates relationship is to Manafort on a Mueller charge that predates Manafort's relationship with Trump. Basically an article trying to make a huge leap to Trump. Normal. 1 minute ago, ICEMAN! said: Richard W. Gates III (born April 27, 1972) is an American political consultant and lobbyist.[1] He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016.[2] He and Manafort were indicted in October 2017 on charges related to their consulting work with political figures in Ukraine. Did you get this far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Richard W. Gates III (born April 27, 1972) is an American political consultant and lobbyist.[1] He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016.[2] He and Manafort were indicted in October 2017 on charges related to their consulting work with political figures in Ukraine. BOOM.......like rats jumping from a sinking ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Just now, Mainecat said: BOOM.......like rats jumping from a sinking ship "BOOM!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F3600 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Richard W. Gates III (born April 27, 1972) is an American political consultant and lobbyist.[1] He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016.[2] He and Manafort were indicted in October 2017 on charges related to their consulting work with political figures in Ukraine. Ok, but these charges that both he and Manafort have over them pre-date anything Trump. I'm trying to connect the dots to Trump because of Lawyer changes on a non-Trump charge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, F3600 said: Ok, but these charges that both he and Manafort have over them pre-date anything Trump. I'm trying to connect the dots to Trump because of Lawyer changes on a non-Trump charge? Dude, clearly you aren't buying into the article and reading between the lines. Don't feel bad though...it means you aren't an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 12 minutes ago, F3600 said: Ok, but these charges that both he and Manafort have over them pre-date anything Trump. I'm trying to connect the dots to Trump because of Lawyer changes on a non-Trump charge? Yep they do, and they will be used as leverage to extract info on the ongoing investigation. Looks like Gates has flipped. He’ll hand Manafort over on a silver platter to Mueller. Remind me again who all was involved in the treasonous Trump Tower baby adoption meeting? Starts with “Mana” ends with “Fort” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Keep connecting those dots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 BOOM!!!! Again... absolutely nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 50 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Yep they do, and they will be used as leverage to extract info on the ongoing investigation. Looks like Gates has flipped. He’ll hand Manafort over on a silver platter to Mueller. Remind me again who all was involved in the treasonous Trump Tower baby adoption meeting? Starts with “Mana” ends with “Fort” Good lord dude. Go lay down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 What is this 360* of trump game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 They were only trying to help the children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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