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Q: Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller broke his own record this week for guilty pleas. On Tuesday  Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan appeared in federal court and admitted he had lied to investigators about his contacts with  Donald Trump's former campaign vice chairman  Rick Gates .
On Friday   Gates himself  appeared before a federal judge and confirmed that  he  is changing  his  plea to guilty.  He  had been fighting the case brought against  him  and the former Trump campaign chairman  Paul Manafort  which alleged they laundered millions of dollars and broke other laws related to their work for clients in Ukraine.
 Gates  and Manafort have not been charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by "impairing  obstructing and defeating the lawful functions of the government through fraud and deceit for the purpose of interfering with the U.S. political and electoral processes." That was the charge Mueller leveled at 13 Russians and three Russian companies he says did interfere with the election.
Or the special counsel's office could be laying down one brick in a larger structure. At the very least   Gates'  future testimony against  his  longtime business partner raises the likelihood that Manafort could be convicted of some or all of the charges  he  continues fighting.
Manafort and his lawyers know this. So one of Mueller's strategies in getting  Gates  to turn state's evidence might be to persuade Manafort to do the same and tell what he knows about other people in the Trump campaign orbit.
Or evidence from  Gates  might be what the special counsel's office needs to build a case against Manafort for conspiring in the 2016 Russian interference effort. Or  after years of working with Manafort   Gates  might have other evidence that would permit Mueller to bring new charges against Manafort.
Mueller announced a new indictment in Manafort's case on Friday evening. After  Gates  appeared in federal court Friday to enter his plea  Manafort continued to maintain his innocence and said he remained committed "to defend myself against the untrue piled up charges contained in the indictments against me."

A: Gates
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Q: The ombudsman says it is investigating claims  President Rodrigo Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which he failed to disclose as required by law (AFP Photo/NOEL CELIS)
 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte  has said  he  would not cooperate with a special anti-corruption prosecutor's investigation into allegations  he  acquired ill-gotten wealth  vowing  he  would "not submit" to its authority.
The ombudsman said last week it was investigating claims  Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which  he  failed to disclose as required by law.
 Duterte  responded by lashing out at the ombudsman  calling the agency "lousy" and saying allegations against  him  were "lies based on baseless" information.
"I will not submit to the jurisdiction (of the ombudsman) "  Duterte  said in a curse-laden speech to local lawyers on Saturday night.
"Waving fabricated evidence  lying to his teeth in front of the nation and then you want me to submit to the jurisdiction of the ombudsman  " Duterte  said referring to Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang who had announced the probe.
 Duterte 's remarks contradicted his spokesman's statement last week that the president respected the ombudsman and trusted its impartiality.
 Duterte   72  won last year's presidential elections on a brutal law-and-order and anti-corruption platform.
During  the election campaign Duterte  had said  he  came from a poor family and lived a modest lifestyle which boosted  his  image as an anti-establishment politician representing the common folk  analysts said.
The ombudsman probe stemmed from a plunder complaint filed before the elections by opposition senator Antonio Trillanes who alleged  Duterte  embezzled government funds during his more than two-decade stint as mayor of the southern city of Davao.
On Saturday   Duterte  said his family had properties and businesses including an ice plant and lumberyard  adding his late father was a provincial governor.

A: Rodrigo Duterte
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Q: LOUISVILLE  Ky. (AP) â Louisville officials are not happy with the NCAA's decision that mandates the school vacate its 2013 men's basketball championship in the wake of an embarrassing sex scandal  and  interim President Greg Postel  did not hide  his  disappointment.
It's the first time a Division 1 men's basketball program has been stripped of a national title. While acknowledging the scandal was unacceptable   Postel  believes the school's cooperation with the NCAA should have counted for more than  it  did.
"I cannot say this strongly enough: We believe the NCAA is simply wrong  " Postel  said Tuesday. "We disagree with the NCAA ruling for reasons we clearly stated in our appeal. And we made a strong case â based on NCAA precedent - that supported our argument."
 Postel  doesn't feel the punishment fits the violations.
"From Day One  the university has admitted that the actions of the former operations director and any others involved under previous leadership were offensive and inexcusable "  Postel  said in  his  statement. "That is why we apologized immediately  cooperated fully with the NCAA  self-imposed penalties that were appropriate to the offenses and made significant changes to ensure incidents like this never happen again.
University of Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel speaks to the media during a news conference  Tuesday  Feb. 20  2018  in Louisville  Ky. Louisville must vacate its 2013 men's basketball title following an NCAA appeals panel's decision to uphold sanctions against the men's program in the sex scandal case. The Cardinals will have to vacate 123 victories including the championship  and return some $600 000 in conference revenue from the 2012-15 NCAA Tournaments. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
University of Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel answers questions during a press conference  Tuesday  Feb. 20  2018  in Louisville  Ky. Louisville must vacate its 2013 men's basketball title following an NCAA appeals panel's decision to uphold sanctions against the men's program in the sex scandal case. The Cardinals will have to vacate 123 victories including the championship  and return some $600 000 in conference revenue from the 2012-15 NCAA Tournaments. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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Greg Postel
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