Special Counsel: Gates was having substantive conversations with ex-Russia intel officer in 2016

[kpete]

Former Trump aide Rick Gates was having ‘substantive’ conversations with ex-Russia intel officer in 2016: special counsel

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4424919/3-27-18-US-Sentencing-Memo-Van-Der-Zwaan.pdf

Rick Gates, the former Donald Trump campaign adviser who pled guilty in February to conspiracy against the United States and making false statements, was “having substantive conversations” with someone he knew was a former Russian Intelligence Officer in 2016, according to a new filing by special counsel Robert Mueller.

The 30-page sentencing memorandum filed by the special counsel alleges that Gates was communicating with “Person A,” who is described as “a former Russian Intelligence Officer with the GRU”—the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russia federation. According to the document, Gates was aware of “Person A’s” connection to Russian intelligence services.

The memorandum was filed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case U.S. v. Alex van der Zwaan.

Van der Zwaan—the son-in-law of Russian oligarch German Khan, who is suing BuzzFeed News over its publication of the Trump-Russia dossier—pleaded guilty in February to lying to the special counsel. According to the sentencing motion filed Tuesday, van der Zwaan’s lies “were material” to the special counsel’s investigation, and directly involved communications with Gates and “Person A,” a former GRU officer.

“That Gates and Person A were directly communicating in September and October 2016 was pertinent to the investigation,” the special counsel argued in its sentencing memo. ”Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents assisting the Special Counsel’s Office assess that Person A has ties to a Russian intelligence service and had such ties in 2016.”

“During his first interview with the Special Counsel’s Office, van der Zwaan admitted that he knew of that connection, stating that Gates told him Person A was a former Russian Intelligence Officer with the GRU,” the special counsel alleges.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/former-trump-aide-rick-gates-substantive-conversations-ex-russia-intel-officer-2016-special-counsel/



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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/politics/alex-van-der-zwaan-memorandum/index.html

[Farmer-Rick]

1. So, Zwaan lied to the FBI

About Gates and Russian Intel officers.

But now Zwaan doesn't want to go to jail for Gates.

So, the rats are deserting the ship....only after they squeal.

[Botany]

4. Mueller wants Dutch Lawyer and Male Model to serve time

https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/robert-mueller-van-der-zwaan?utm_term=.ynYnlQk63#.foBvzYaOp

Robert Mueller's Office Wants A Judge To Consider Jail Time For A Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying

[Botany]

2. But they told us that they never talked with Russia

[sunonmars]

3. Busted, this is treason, out and out.