3. Rick Gates, above, once the deputy chairman for the Trump campaign, agreed to cooperate with the special counsel’s inquiry into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

He pleaded guilty to financial fraud and lying to investigators, and may be offering incriminating information about his longtime business associate, Paul Manafort, who served as chairman of the Trump campaign.

Here’s a breakdown of the more than 100 charges filed in the inquiry so far. No one outside of the special counsel’s office knows for sure where it’s heading. But our White House correspondent writes that the flurry of recent action seems to be inexorably leading to a larger target.

Separately, the House Intelligence Committee released a redacted Democratic memo rebutting Republican claims of surveillance abuses by the F.B.I. It had been blocked by President Trump two weeks ago. (You can read it here.)

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