Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail and three years of probation for pleading guilty to charges related to the Justice Department's two-year investigation of Russia.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson announced the sentencing in federal court. Gates faced nearly five years in prison on charges of making false statements and conspiring against the United States government. He pleaded guilty last year.