Former deputy Trump campaign chairman Rick Gates served as a cooperating witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.<br />President Donald Trump and his campaign were investigated for possible collusion with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign.<br />Now, Gates is about to publish his upcoming book, 'Wicked Game: An Insider's Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed, and America Lost.'<br />According to Business Insider, Gates now says he felt he was manipulated, and that cooperating in the probe was like 'political waterboarding.'<br />Despite pleading guilty in 2018 to lying to the FBI and conspiracy against the US, he now says the charges were illegitimate and amounted to political persecution.
