discussed further below) so that Deripaska would not move forward with his 885 lawsuit against Manafort. Gates further stated that Deripaska wanted a visa to the United States, that Deripaska could believe that having Manafort in a position inside the Campaign or Administration might be helpful to Deripaska, and that Manafort’s relationship with Trump could help Deripaska in other ways 886 as well. Gates stated, however, that Manafort never told him anything 887 specific about what, if anything, Manafort might be offering Deripaska. Gates also reported that Manafort instructed him in April 2016 or early May 2016 to send Kilimnik Campaign internal polling data and other updates so that 888 Kilimnik, in turn, could share it with Ukrainian oligarchs. Gates understood that the information would also be shared with Deripaska,Grand Jury█ █ █ █ 889 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █. Gates reported to the Office that he did not know why Manafort wanted him to send polling information, but Gates thought it was a way to showcase Manafort’s work, and Manafort wanted to open doors to jobs 890 after the Trump Campaign ended. Gates said that Manafort’s instruction included sending internal polling data prepared for the Trump Campaign by 891 pollster Tony Fabrizio. Fabrizio had worked with Manafort for years and was brought into the Campaign by Manafort. Gates stated that, in accordance with Manafort’s instruction, he periodically sent Kilimnik polling data via WhatsApp; 892 Gates then deleted the communications on a daily basis. Gates further told the Office that, after Manafort left the Campaign in mid-August, Gates sent Kilimnik polling data less frequently and that the data he sent was more publicly 893 available information and less internal data. Gate’s account about polling data is consistent Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ 894 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ with multiple emails that Kilimnik sent to U.S. associates and press contacts between late July and mid-August of 2016. Those emails referenced “internal polling,” described the status of the Trump Campaign and Manafort’s role in it, and assessed 895 Trump’s prospects for victory. Manafort did not acknowledge instructing Gates to send Kilimnik internal data, Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 896 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ The Office also obtained contemporaneous emails that shed light on the
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