Mueller to send Rick Gates case to US attorney in DC

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Robert Mueller will pass the case of former Trump campaign official Rick Gates to the U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia.

Gates was indicted in October 2017 as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election alongside his business associate and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Now, the Gates case will be handled by D.C.’s U.S. attorney, CNN reported.

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