Vin Weber, a partner at Mercury Affairs, is also in attendance.[51] Three days later, Manafort gives Rohrabacher a $1,000 campaign contribution.[52] Richard Gates, Manafort's deputy, pleads guilty in 2018 to lying about the meeting to the FBI.[51] April 13: Two agents of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) discuss recruiting Page.[53][54] May 3–5: Butina and Torshin attend the NRA convention in Houston, Texas.[55][56] June 15–18: Attending the Miss USA 2013 pageant, Trump dines with Aras Agalarov, Emin Agalarov, and Rob Goldstone in Las Vegas.[57] The next day he announces that Miss Universe 2013 will be held in Moscow.[57] He sends Putin a letter inviting him to the pageant[58] and asks on Twitter whether the Russian president will be his "new best friend".[59] July 3: Carter Page schedules a dinner with potential investor Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg to pitch his fledgling natural gas business.