A former Trump campaign associate knew he was communicating with a former Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election.
In a court filing late Tuesday night, special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors show that Rick Gates — a close associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — and “Person A” were “directly communicating” in September and October 2016.
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