WASHINGTON – Rick Gates, a former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 US presidential campaign, was expected to plead guilty as soon as Feb.23 in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, the New York Times and ABC News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters: Former Trump campaign aide expected to plead guilty in Russia probe
A mural depicting a winking Vladimir Putin taking off his Donald Trump mask is painted on a storefront outside of the Levee bar in Brooklyn on Feb. 25, 2017 in New York City.