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The tax and fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort just heated up. Rick Gates, also a former adviser to President Trump worked alongside Manafort during the 2016 campaign, testified yesterday as a witness for the prosecution.  In admission detrimental to Manafort, Gates admitted he had committed crimes with his former partner.  Gates stated he and Manafort had 15 foreign accounts they knowingly did not report to the federal government “at Mr. Manafort’s direction.” Gates has pleaded guilty to charges related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into interference with the 2016 election and agreed to testify as part of a plea deal.