Rick Gates Former Trump Deputy Campaign Manager Talks How Donald Trump Beat Kamala Harris In 2024 Election
It’s my pleasure and honor to announce that my friend, Former Trump Campaign Manager Rick Gates, is coming back to Zennie62 YouTube Friday, 4 PM EST – 1 PM PST, to share with us why Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in what for many was a surprising and shocking election outcome. I can’t think of anyone better qualified to answer that question with a balanced eye than Rick Gates.
Who is Rick Gates? Rick Gates rose through multiple senior roles in Donald Trump’s campaign starting in March 2016, serving as deputy convention manager and rising to deputy campaign chairman. Following Trump’s successful election he continued his service as the deputy chairman to the president-elect’s Inaugural Committee, and after, as a co-founder of the America First Policies Super PAC for the president. During this time, he was witness to many incredible moments of history that will define presidential politics for years to come.
Rick Gates, one of the most significant former Trump campaign advisers who flipped on President Donald Trump in the Mueller investigation, pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States for making false statements in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years probation by federal judge Amy Berman Jackson, on December 17, 2019.
But the judge veered from simply giving him his sentence to acknowledge the significant role he had played as a witness in the Mueller investigation.
Gates, a longtime deputy to 2016 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort who shared searing details about Trump’s efforts in 2016 with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson said “Gates’ decision to be honest about what he did know and to decline to make assumptions or guess what he didn’t know,” Jackson said, “is an important public service.”
As part of his plea deal, Gates agreed to plead guilty to related charges of conspiracy and lying to investigators in February 2018. He also signed up to cooperate, giving Mueller’s team key insights into Manafort and Trump’s actions in 2016 during the height of the Russia investigations.
Rick is the author of a great book called “Wicked Game: An Insider’s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed, and America Lost”. Rick Gates, who served as Donald Trump’s deputy campaign chairman in 2016 and as a cooperating witness in the Mueller investigation, gives readers a rare, in-depth look at one of the most controversial elections—and presidents—in U.S. history.
From a perspective only he can offer, Rick answers the important questions: How was Trump able to beat sixteen high-profile, experienced Republican contenders, andHillary Clinton, to win in 2016? How did the campaign work? What really happened with Russian election interference and the Mueller investigation? And more.
Because of his background, I cannot think of anyone more qualified to help us, Democrats in particular, bluntly and effectively determine what the heck happened.
It’s my pleasure to introduce, again, a top-flight political consultant, friend, and American Hero, Rick Gates, to tell us just what happened on Election Day 2024