Big question...what or who is he giving up...you don't get a plea deal for nothing.....per Judge Nap
@mystery-ak Can't see there would be anything here connected to Trump, just Manafort. Or, if Gates said anything connected to Trump, it would be hearsay and not credible; such as Manafort told him something about Trump and Gates repeats it to Mueller, so it is second hand.
I don't think Trump did anything untoward with Russia; I think his mouth was running as usual; he has complimented Putin for years; he admires him; that doesn't mean he was using, or trying to use, Russia in the election. Trump has trouble concentrating that long to put together something with Russia to help him get elected.
However, I do think his bungling son-in-law, Kushner, thought he was going to get dirt on Clinton from the Russians and had that meeting with them to do just that. I think that was his baby, not Trump's, but Trump approved. Kushner was,and is, green behind the ears, had no idea what he was setting in motion and is so used to getting his way, doing whatever he wants since he has so much money, no one tells him anything - he just reacts and does whatever he wants, and so does his wife, who happens to be related to Trump.
I thought when I heard the daughter and son-in-law were going to work in the White House, "helping" Trump, it would be a disaster since they are so used to doing whatever they want, they would violate laws regarding confidentiality and any other law they tripped over because they don't know jack about how the White House must operate.
I was not gratified to know 30-40 White House officials don't have full clearance even now. That place is a sieve with holes through which flows secret and useless information and no one working there knows which is which. It is the usual Trump chaos.