Thread by @DrDenaGrayson

💣BOOM💣

It’s official! Rick Gates has FLIPPED & is finalizing a plea deal with Robert Mueller‼️

h/t @traciemac_Bmore
cnn.com/2018/02/15/pol…

Gates has already spoken to Team🇺🇸Mueller about his case & has been in plea negotiations for a MONTH. 🤗 2/

Gates had a "Queen for a Day" interview👉🏼the defendant answers any questions from Team🇺🇸Mueller, including about his own case and other potential criminal activity he witnessed.

That must have been a LONG day‼️ 3/

In a Queen for a Day interview, a defendant can typically admit to crimes with little additional consequences, unless he or she lies.🤔

WHY? Because by then, it’s nearly CERTAIN that they’re makin a deal‼️😎 4/

Gates' plea deal could be announced *in the next few days*👉🏼he's asked a judge for an extension until Wednesday to discuss his in-flux legal representation (likely b/c he’s running low on cash).😎 5/

Team🇺🇸Mueller is preparing to file new TAX-RELATED charges against Gates👉🏼increase the fines & prison time Gates from the current 8 charges, which could lead to 10 or more years in prison if he’s found guilty.😉 6/

🔥MANAFORT🔥

*More charges* are also being prepared against Manafort “related to his work before he joined the Trump campaign.”🤨

Meaning: likely TAX EVASION charges w/MORE potential prison time‼️ 7/

Manafort now faces MASSIVE pressure to roll on Trump.

👉🏼More impending charges w/BIGLY prison time
👉🏼Gates’ flipping DRAMATICALLY increases the likelihood of Manafort being convicted

#MuellerTime

8/

Gates still has legal team drama, but one of his lawyers is Thomas Green, who has *known #Mueller personally* for years & is negotiating Gates' plea deal. Green has visited the Mueller’s office multiple times in the last few weeks.🤗 9/

As I mentioned a few days ago (and above in this thread), Gates faces TREMENDOUS financial pressure to bring his legal proceedings to a speedy resolution b/c he’s running out of cash‼️ 10/

Gates told associates he had hoped for outside assistance from a legal defense fund, but deep-pocketed GOP donors have shown little interest in helping either Gates or Manafort cover their legal fees.

Even the Republicans bailed on Gates & Manafort‼️🤣 11/

Gates could not show he had $5 million to secure his bail👉🏼he’d have to FORFEIT ASSETS if found guilty of money laundering. His criminal case could cost a >$1,000,000 in legal fees, especially if he were to go to trial.

And he’d face Mueller’s🇺🇸 legal DREAM TEAM‼️ 12/

Recall that Gates’ WIFE transferred $1 million from a Cyprus bank account to their brokerage account (doesn’t everyone?🙄).

If she didn’t report the cash to the IRS, she could be nailed for tax evasion, too‼️😎 13/

Andy Weissmann (on Team🇺🇸Mueller) flipped the Enron CFO (Andrew Fastow) by going after his wife. I suspect that the SAME THING happened to Gates.😉 14/

Manafort faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of the 9 charges he currently faces & is still under house arrest. And MORE CHARGES are coming‼️🤣😂 15/

🤣LOL🤣

The WH spin is that there’s nothing to see here b/c Mueller is primarily interested in information Gates can provide about his long business history w/Manafort rather than ANYTHING related to Team🇷🇺Trump’s campaign or transition.🙄 16/

TRUTH: Team🇺🇸Mueller is treating this like a MOB CASE.🤔

Meaning: he’s getting the smaller fish to roll, so that he can NAIL the big fish.🤗

Mueller’s got this. Team🇷🇺Traitor is TOAST‼️

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