WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump’s former campaign deputy Rick Gates pleaded guilty on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to fraud and lying, pledging to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his vast probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Gates was the third former Trump aide to agree to cooperate in exchange for reduced charges by Mueller, who is also examining Moscow’s alleged collusion with the Trump campaign and whether the president illegally sought to obstruct his probe.

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