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Former Trump Adviser Rick Gates to Pen Memoir About Administration

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The book will come out in the final weeks of the election campaign.

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Former Trump adviser Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy against the U.S. in 2018, will write a memoir about his time in the Trump Administration and as a witness in the Mueller investigation, Business Insider reports. After his arrest, Gates admitted to helping hide $75 million of illicit campaign funds in foreign bank accounts with his colleague, Paul Manafort. Gates, who agreed to work with prosecutors, got off with a sentence of 45 days in jail, three years probation, and a $20,000 fine. The tell-all, titled Wicked Game: An Insider’s Account of How Trump Won, Mueller Failed, and America Lost, will debut on Oct. 13, in the final weeks before the election.

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