(Deripaska is a close Putin ally, for those who have been paying absolutely no attention whatsoever)
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 Kilimnik, in turn, could share it with Ukrainian oligarchs. 888 Gates understood that the information would also be shared with Deripaska REDACTED. 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 after the Trump Campaign ended. 890 Gates said that Manafort 's instruction included sending internal polling data prepared for the Trump Campaign by pollster Tony Fabrizio. 891 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 ; Gates then deleted the communications on a daily basis. 892
Nothing to see here.... just someone at the top of the Trump Campaign engaged in totally innocent above board regular communication of highly valuable campaign proprietary information that just *happens* to be exactly what the Russians would need to target their election interference efforts... to someone with connections to Russian Intelligence and a Russian Oligarch closely connected to Vladimir Putin... and I'm sure he made certain to delete his message history on a daily basis out of an innate desire to keep his phone tidy...