Thursday, February 22, 2018 11:41:16 PM
Sources: Ex-Trump Staffer Rick Gates to Drop His Lawyer in Russia Probe
"Rick Gates is reportedly close to becoming Mueller’s third cooperating ex-Trump aide"
oshua Roberts/Reuters
Paul Manafort’s long-time deputy plans to terminate Tom Green, the Washington attorney who reportedly tried to get him a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Betsy Woodruff Spencer Ackerman 02.22.18 4:50 PM ET
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates has fired his lawyer, The Daily Beast has learned. And, contrary to recent media reports, Gates is not about to make a deal with the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the matter.
CNN and The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month that Gates was on the cusp of signing a plea deal with Mueller’s team, and noted that Gates’ lawyer—Tom Green of Sidley Austin—is known for his work negotiating such pleas. If Gates had started cooperating with Mueller, it would certainly have been a boon to the prosecution.
Instead, Gates—for the time being, at least—isn’t flipping. And Green is out, replaced with Barry Pollack, of Miller Chevalier, according to sources familiar with the matter. Neither Green nor Pollack immediately returned a request for comment, however Green told Chris Geidner of Buzzfeed after the publication of this story, “It is ludicrous and I am representing him.” When asked if he will “continue to represent,” Green told The Atlantic's Natasha Bertrand, “Yes indeed.”
It is true that Green is named on a court filing that went up late on Thursday, and he will appear in court tomorrow. It may take a day or two for his formal relationship with Gates to legally unravel, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.
Links and more - https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-staffer-rick-gates-fires-his-lawyer-in-russia-probe
The process is known as Mueller hardball.
"Rick Gates is reportedly close to becoming Mueller’s third cooperating ex-Trump aide"
oshua Roberts/Reuters
Paul Manafort’s long-time deputy plans to terminate Tom Green, the Washington attorney who reportedly tried to get him a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Betsy Woodruff Spencer Ackerman 02.22.18 4:50 PM ET
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates has fired his lawyer, The Daily Beast has learned. And, contrary to recent media reports, Gates is not about to make a deal with the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the matter.
CNN and The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month that Gates was on the cusp of signing a plea deal with Mueller’s team, and noted that Gates’ lawyer—Tom Green of Sidley Austin—is known for his work negotiating such pleas. If Gates had started cooperating with Mueller, it would certainly have been a boon to the prosecution.
Instead, Gates—for the time being, at least—isn’t flipping. And Green is out, replaced with Barry Pollack, of Miller Chevalier, according to sources familiar with the matter. Neither Green nor Pollack immediately returned a request for comment, however Green told Chris Geidner of Buzzfeed after the publication of this story, “It is ludicrous and I am representing him.” When asked if he will “continue to represent,” Green told The Atlantic's Natasha Bertrand, “Yes indeed.”
It is true that Green is named on a court filing that went up late on Thursday, and he will appear in court tomorrow. It may take a day or two for his formal relationship with Gates to legally unravel, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.
Links and more - https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-staffer-rick-gates-fires-his-lawyer-in-russia-probe
The process is known as Mueller hardball.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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