# Prosecutors: Mueller Witness Whose Testimony Doomed Manafort Was Offered Money Not to Cooperate

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**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecutors-mueller-witness-whose-testimony-doomed-manafort-was-offered-money-not-to-cooperate/844670 "2019-12-10T21:16:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecutors-mueller-witness-whose-testimony-doomed-manafort-was-offered-money-not-to-cooperate/844670/1 "2019-12-10T21:16:18Z")

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I hope we find out who was behind this. This has to be obstruction of justice.

> **[Prosecutors: Rick Gates Was Offered Money Not to Cooperate | Law & Crime](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/prosecutors-mueller-witness-whose-testimony-doomed-manafort-was-offered-money-not-to-cooperate/)**
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> Former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates, the former Paul Manafort associate who flipped and cooperated with the Mueller investigation, was offered "monetary assistance" not to cooperate with the government, federal prosecutors said on...

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> Former Trump campaign deputy chairman&nbsp;Rick Gates, the former&nbsp;Paul Manafort&nbsp;associate who flipped and cooperated with the Mueller investigation, was offered “monetary assistance” not to cooperate with the government, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.