Manafort associate Gates hires new defense team in Russia probe caseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A longtime associate of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has hired a new team of lawyers to defend himself against charges brought in a probe looking at alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, a spokesman said on Thursday. Richard Gates and Manafort were charged with money laundering, conspiracy against the United States and other counts earlier this week as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of alleged Russia interference. Gates and Manafort have pleaded not guilty in the case. Gates hired a new legal team comprised of attorney Walter Mack of the law firm of Doar Rieck Kaley and Mack in New York and attorney Shan Wu of Wu, Grohovsky and Whipple in Washington, his spokesman said in a statement. politicsNews
manafort associate gates hires new defense team russia probe casewashington reuters a longtime associate former trump campaign manager paul manafort hired new team lawyers defend charges brought probe looking alleged russian interference election spokesman said thursday richard gates manafort charged money laundering conspiracy united states counts earlier week part special counsel robert mueller investigation alleged russia interference gates manafort pleaded guilty case gates hired new legal team comprised attorney walter mack law firm door rick male mack new york attorney shan wu wu grohovsky while washington spokesman said statement politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Manafort associate Gates hires new defense team in Russia probe caseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A longtime associate of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has hired a new team of lawyers to defend himself against charges brought in a probe looking at alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, a spokesman said on Thursday. Richard Gates and Manafort were charged with money laundering, conspiracy against the United States and other counts earlier this week as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of alleged Russia interference. Gates and Manafort have pleaded not guilty in the case. Gates hired a new legal team comprised of attorney Walter Mack of the law firm of Doar Rieck Kaley and Mack in New York and attorney Shan Wu of Wu, Grohovsky and Whipple in Washington, his spokesman said in a statement. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: manafort associate gates hires new defense team russia probe casewashington reuters a longtime associate former trump campaign manager paul manafort hired new team lawyers defend charges brought probe looking alleged russian interference election spokesman said thursday richard gates manafort charged money laundering conspiracy united states counts earlier week part special counsel robert mueller investigation alleged russia interference gates manafort pleaded guilty case gates hired new legal team comprised attorney walter mack law firm door rick male mack new york attorney shan wu wu grohovsky while washington spokesman said statement politicsnews