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The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:10 AM Jan 2018

Mueller got Gates to roll by going after his wife

Same prosecutor (Weissmann), same MO he used with with Enron's Fastow

Rick Gates, once the man ‘in the corner,’ is now a central figure in Mueller investigation

Among friends in Richmond, Gates’s frequent overseas travel and ties to Russian oligarchs have long been the topics of good-natured jokes, according to people who know him. But his new high-profile role as a target of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has revealed startling details about his life.

While Gates listed $2.2 million in assets in 2011, he filed a 2016 credit application saying he had a liquid net worth of $25 million and that his wife was worth $30 million, according to a filing by prosecutors. Gates controlled as many as 30 bank accounts in the past six months, including several in Cyprus in which he held more than $10 million, according to court documents. In August, his wife transferred more than $1 million to a joint brokerage account, the filings said.

“That just blew my mind, I couldn’t believe it,” said one of Gates’s associates, who requested anonymity to describe personal interactions with the consultant. The associate, like others who know him, had thought Gates “lived modestly.”

Boom.
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Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
1. Yes! That is why Weissmann was brought on board.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:16 AM
Jan 2018

His ENRON creds

Wow, this is going to be great watching how Mueller' s pros turn Dotard into a dumpling.

Damn I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SHOW!

Fastow's watching this play out & screaming "Not Weissmann!" Noooo..



dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. This opens the money laundering part of the case.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:02 AM
Jan 2018

So Gates has rolled about the money laundering, along with whatever Manafort admitted to, and the obstruction of justice/treason issues are addressed by Priebus, Flynn, even Sessions rolling over.

counting heads in the Oval, looks like Trump has only Kelly and Nazi wannabe Miller to work with,and so far unindicted
co-conspirators JarVanka.
I must be missing someone....

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
8. I have not seen or heard otherwise.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:55 PM
Jan 2018

She butters him up constantly, so still has value.

We can hope Mueller has something on her.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
5. I have always thought that Gates was the tipping point. CNN reports that they have brought in the
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:10 AM
Jan 2018

guy who negotiated Hastert's plea to deal.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
7. ?! Wow. So much pacing & hand wringing going on at the top.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 10:18 AM
Jan 2018

I wish them all one long sleepless night after the next.
They will fall hard.

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