Trump administration

A former top adviser to the Trump presidential election campaign has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy. Rick Gates is now expected to become a co-operating witness for the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into possible Russian interference in the presidential election.

He was part of President Trump’s inner circle – outspoken, controversial, on the fringes of the conservative right. But last week Sebastian Gorka was out of the White House – the latest in a slew of high profile departures.