Richard Gates, a former Trump deputy campaign chairman and top aide, on Tuesday was sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges involving financial fraud and lying to federal investigators.
Gates also received three years of probation and a $20,000 fine. But he avoided a significant prison sentence thanks to the assistance he gave to prosecutors. Federal sentencing guidelines would have recommended between 46 months and 57 months in prison based on Gates’s charges.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who was appointed by former President Obama, ruled that Gates could choose to serve the jail sentence intermittently and when it’s convenient for him. Continue reading