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Rick Gates, the longtime deputy of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is set to take the stand Monday afternoon in Manafort's trial on charges of bank and tax fraud related to overseas earnings, a lawyer for Gates told POLITICO.

Gates is considered the star witness for the prosecution against Manafort - and his testimony in an Alexandria, Virginia courtroom is the first time he's known to have faced Manafort since he agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's team in February.

Gates' central roles in the campaign and transition of President Donald Trump have made him a pivotal witness in Mueller's ongoing probe. But he was also at Manafort's side while the pair conducted a lobbying effort on behalf of a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine years before they joined Trump.


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