Special Counsel Robert Mueller again is asking for a delay in sentencing for Rick Gates, Trump's deputy campaign chairman who pleaded guilty last February to conspiracy against the United States and lying to the FBI.
CNBC:
Mueller and Gates' lawyer, in a filing in federal court in Washington, D.C., asked the judge in the case to allow them to next update the judge about the status of Gates' case by no later than March 15.
The request for a delay came a day after multiple media reports about lavish spending by President Donald Trump's inaugural committee. The $107 million in spending by that committee, on which Gates was deputy chairman, already was the subject of a federal criminal investigation.
"To date, the status of this matter has not changed substantially since the November [status] report, as defendant Gates continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations, and accordingly the parties do not believe it is appropriate to commence the sentencing process at this time," Mueller and Gates' lawyer, Thomas Green, wrote in their new status report Tuesday.
The filing:
