Links Between Russia And Trump Campaign (Mueller Report)

Contents

Campaign Period Contacts

• Trump Tower Moscow Project
• George Papadopoulos
• Carter Page
• Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest
• 6/9/16 Meeting
• Events at the Republican National Convention
• Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak
• Paul Manafort

Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts

• Immediate Post-Election Activity
• Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration
• Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn
• Jared Kushner's Meeting with Sergey Gorkov
• Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team
• Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich
• Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn

[Table Legend]

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Campaign Period Contacts (9/x/15 - 11/8/16)

Trump Tower Moscow Project (x/x/13-6/x/16); Michael Cohen as spearhead (9/x/15 - 6/x/16)
event	description	involved individuals
Crocus Group (owned by Aras Agalarov)(x/x/13-1/1/15)	Shortly after x/x/13 (Pageant):  Negotiation began. Trump Jr. served as the primary negotiator. Emin Agalarov and Irakli Kaveladze represented the Crocus Group during negotiations, with the occasional assistance of Robert Goldstone  12/x/13: signed preliminary terms of an agreement The project appears not to have developed past the planning stage, and no construction occurred.	Donald Trump Jr: son of Donald Trump Aras Agalarov: Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire businessman, property developer, public figure, and author. Owner of Crocus Groups. Emin Agalarov: son of Aras Agalarov Irakli Kaveladze: Georgian-American business executive. He is senior vice president at Crocus Group, the real estate development company run by Aras Agalarov. He was one of eight people attending the 6/9/16 meeting. Robert Goldstone: is a British publicist, music manager, and former tabloid journalist who gained international attention for his activities during the Election Campaign. Ivanka Trump: daughter of Donald Trump
LC. Expert Investment Company (7/x/15-9/x/15) controlled by Andrei Vladimirovich Rozov.	9/x/15: Sater contacted Rozov and proposed that I.C. Expert pursue a Trump Tower Moscow project; 9/x/15: Cohen obtained approval to negotiate with I.C. Expert from candidate Trump; Cohen also discussed with Ivanka Trump as to design elements 9/22/15: Cohen communicated with Giorgi Rtskhiladze; Cohen forwarded a preliminary design study to Rtskhiladze 9/24/15: Rtskhiladze sent Cohen an attachment that he described as a proposed "Letter to the Mayor of Moscow from Trump org," 9/x/15-6/x/16: Cohen provided updates directly to Trump throughout 9/x/15 and into election year	Felix Sater: a New York based real estate advisor Michael Cohen: then-executive vice president of the Trump Organization and counsel to Donald Trump Giorgi Rtskhiladze: a business executive who previously had been involved in a development deal with the Trump Organization in Batumi, Georgia]. Andrei Vladimirovich Rozov: IC Expert CEO
LOI and Contacts (10/x/15-1/x/16)	10/13/15 - 11/3/15: Trump Signs the Letter of Intent 11/3/15: Sater emailed Cohen suggesting that the Trump Moscow project could be used to increase candidate Trump's chances at being elected. However, Cohen recalled that candidate Trump suggested that his campaign would be a significant "infomercial" for Trump-branded properties.
	Post-LOI Contacts with Individuals in Russia: Sater had alluded to the need for Russia government approval and his attempts to set up meetings with Russian officials including Putin. 11/x/15 Lana Erchova emailed lvanka Trump on behalf of Erchova's then-husband Dmitry Klokov, to offer Klokov's assistance to the Trump Campaign.  Between 11/18/15 and 11/19/15 - Klokov and Cohen had at least one telephone call and exchanged several emails. Cohen explained that he did not pursue the proposed meeting because he was already working with Sater.  12/x/15 Cohen was complaining that Sater had not been able to set up the promised meeting with Russian government officials 1/11/16 Cohen emailed the office of Dmitry Peskov, indicating that he desired contact with Sergei Ivanov. 1/20/16, Cohen received an email from Elena Poliakova.	Klokov: was at that time Director of External Communications for PJSC Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System, a large Russian electricity transmission. Peskov: the Russian government's press secretary Sergei Ivanov: Putin's chief of staff in PA. Elena Poliakova: Peskov's personal assistant.
Russia Travel (12/x/15-6/x/16	Sater's Overtures to Cohen to Travel to Russia Beginning 12/x/15 and into 4/x/16: Sater repeatedly tried to arrange for Cohen and candidate Trump to Russia to meet with Russian government officials 5/x/16 Sater tied Cohen' s travel to Russia to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
	Candidate Trump's Opportunities to Travel to Russia Trump received and turned down an invitation to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 12/x/15 Mira Duma first passed along invitations for Ivanka Trump and candidate Trump from Sergei Prikhodko 3/31/16 Graff prepared for Trump's signature declining the invitation At approximately the same time Robert Foresman began reaching out to Graff to secure an in-person meeting with candidate Trump. He had been asked by Anton Kobyakov to see if Trump could speak at the Forum. 4/30/16 Robert Foresman's email suggested an alternative meeting with Donald Trump Jr. or Eric Trump	Mira Duma: a contact of lvanka Trump's from the fashion industry. Sergei Prikhodko: a Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Rhona Graff: long-standing executive assistant to Donald Trump and senior vice-president of the Trump Organization. She worked at Trump Tower in New York City for nearly thirty years prior to Trump's election Robert Foresman: a New York-based investment banker; long-standing personal and professional expertise in Russia and Ukraine; an "approach" he had received from "senior Kremlin officials" about the candidate Trump. Anton Kobyakov: a Russian presidential aide involved with the Roscongress Foundation Mark Burnett: Trump business associate Lewandowski: Campaign manager from 1/x/15 - 6/19/16 Stephen Miller: is an American far-right political activist who serves as a senior advisor for policy for President Donald Trump. He was previously the communications director for then-Senator Jeff Sessions.
Cover Up and Lie Cohen made false statements in his testimony before Congress HPSCI and SSCI (8/x/17): Cohen stated that the Trump Moscow project had ended in January 2016 and that he had briefed candidate Trump on the project only three times before making the unilateral decision to terminate it. However, in fact, Consideration of the project had extended through  approximately 6/x/16 and included more than three progress reports from Cohen to Trump. Cohen represented that he never agreed to travel to Russia in connection with the project and never considered asking Trump to travel for the project. However, in fact, Cohen had discussed with Felix Sater his own travel to Russia as part of the project, and he had inquired about the possibility of Trump traveling there—both with the candidate himself and with senior campaign official Corey Lewandowsk. Cohen stated that he did not recall any Russian government contact about the project, including any response to an email that he had sent to a Russian government email account. However, in fact, Cohen did recall that he had received a response to the email that he sent to Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov—in particular, that he received an email reply and had a follow-up phone conversation with an English-speaking assistant to Peskov in 1/mid/16. Cohen knew the statements were false at the time, and later admitted that he made them in an effort to minimize the links between the project and Trump (who by this time was President) to give the false impression that the project had ended before the first vote in the Republican Party primary process, in the hopes of limiting the ongoing Russia investigations. [Hong Gan's note:] Cohen began to cooperate with the Special Counsel's office later and he testified against Trump early this year..
Trump's Written Answer Question a [is about LOI {Exhibit B}] a.i [is about the time when Trump was informed of discussion about the Project]. a.ii [is about whether Trump signed the LOI.] Trump's answer: a.i: Sometime in 2015, Michael Cohen suggested to me the possibility of a Trump Organization project in Moscow. As I recall, Mr. Cohen described this as a proposed project of a general type we have done in the past in a variety of locations. a.ii: I signed the non-binding Letter of Intent..... Question b: [is about Cohen's statement {Exhibit C} and all/any communications Trump had with his associates about the Project] Trump's answer: I had few conversations with Mr. Cohen on this subject. As I recall, they were brief, and they were not memorable. I was not enthused about the proposal. I do not remember discussing it with anyone else at the Trump Organization, although it is possible." Question c: [is about whether Trump knew any communication between Cohen/or Felix and Russian]: Trump's answer: "I do not recall being aware at the time of any communications between Mr. Cohen or Felix Sater and any Russian government official regarding the Letter of Intent." "In the course of preparing to respond to your questions, I have become aware that Mr. Cohen sent an email regarding the Letter of Intent to Mr. Peskov at a general, public email account," Question d: [is about the potential Russia trip]: Trump's answer: "I do not recall any discussion of travel to Russia in connection with it [the Project]" Question e: [is about whether trump directed that Project should be ceased or was informed of that the Project was abandoned]: Trump did not answer this question Question f: [is about whether Trump discussed what information to be made public and his response to inquiries about his business dealings in Russia in general] Trump's answer: "I vaguely remember press inquiries and media reporting during the campaign about whether the Trump Organization had business dealings in Russia. I may have spoken with campaign staff or Trump Organization employees regarding responses to requests for information, but 1 have no current recollection of any particular conversation, with whom L may have spoken, when, or the substance of any conversation." Question g: [is about whether Trump had any business with Russia other then the Project]: Trump's answer: "As I recall , neither I nor the Trump Organization had any projects or proposed projects in Russia during the campaign other than the Letter of Intent."
Reference To Steele's Dossier [Report 80 (6/20/16): Allegation x] "The Kremlin's cultivation operation on TRUMP also had comprised offering him various lucrative real estate development business deals in Russia. ...... However, so far, for reasons unknown, TRUMP had not taken up any of these. [Report 95 (7/x/16) Allegation 6] regarding TRUMP's claimed minimal investment profile in Russia, (a separate source with direct knowledge said) this had not been for want of trying. TRUMP's previous efforts had included exploring the real estate sector in St Petersburg as well as Moscow but in the end TRUMP had had to settle for the use of extensive sexual services... For Steele Dossier allegations relevant to Trump's Prior Activity In Russia and Possible Kompromat, go to the section of this post.
George Papadopoulos (3/6/16-10/x/16) foreign policy advisor
event	description	involved individuals
origin of campaign work	Before Joining Campaign: with Ben Carson and then worked at LCILP; was mentioned as an oil and energy consultant 3/6/16 phone interviewed by Sam Clovis. Papadopoulos recalled that Russia was mentioned as a topic, and he understood from the conversation that Russia would be an important aspect of the Campaign's foreign policy. At the end of the conversation, was offered foreign policy advisor	Ben Carson: Republican presidential candidate Corey Lewandowski: campaign manager until 6/19/16 Michael Glassner: campaign official Joy Lutes: campaign official Sam Clovis: Trump Campaign's national cochair and chief policy advisor LCILP: London Centre of International Law Practice
Initial Contacts	3/13/16 trip to Rome during when he was introduced to Joseph Mifsud. After Papadopoulos informed Mifsud about his role in the Trump Campaign, however, Mifsud appeared to take greater interest in Papadopoulos. They discussed Mifsud's European and Russian contacts and had a general discussion about Russia; Mifsud also offered to introduce Papadopoulos to European leaders and others with contacts to the Russian government. On 3/24/16  Papadopoulos met with Mifsud in London and was introduced to Olga Polonskaya who offered to help Papadopoulos establish contacts in Russia. After the meeting, Papadopoulos sent an email to members of the Trump Campaign's foreign policy advisory team. The subject line of the message was "Meeting with Russian leadership--including Putin". Clovis's response email however did not reflect The Shift in the Campaign's approach toward Russia [Black Out]	Joseph Mifsud: Maltese national who worked as a professor at the London Academy of Diplomacy in London, England; and who maintained various Russian contacts while living in London. Among his contacts was [Blacked Out -X], a one-time employee of the IRA. [Black Out-X] had on 4/x/16 the contact with [Black Out-Y] who was linked to an employee of the Russian Ministry of Defense. That account had overlapping contacts with a group of Russian military controlled Facebook accounts that included accounts used to promote the DCLeaks releases Jeff Sessions: chair of foreign policy and national security advisory team Olga Polonskaya: female Russian and former student of Mifsud who had connections to Putin.
3/31/16 Foreign Policy Team Meeting	Papadopoulos told the group that he had learned through his contacts in London that Putin wanted to meet with candidate Trump and that these connections could help arrange that meeting; Papadopoulos and Campaign advisor J.D. Gordon recalled clearly that Trump was interested in and receptive to the idea of a meeting with Putin; Sessions generally opposed the proposal.	J.D. Gordon: Campaign advisor
Learned 'dirt' from Mifsud (4/26/16); Leaked 5/6/16	Throughout 4/x/16 Papadopoulos continued to seek Russia contacts through Mifsud and Polonskaya. After a 4/12/16 meeting; On 4/18/16 while in a trip to Russia, Mifsud introduced Papadopoulos over email to Ivan Timofeev. Over the next several weeks, Papadopoulos and Timofeev had multiple conversations about setting "the groundwork" for a "potential" Meeting. Papadopoulos believed that his conversation with Timofeev was being monitored or supervised by an unknown third party. Immediately after Mifsud's return from Moscow (4/25/16), the next day Mifsud met and told Papadopoulos that he had met with high-level Russian government officials during his recent trip to Moscow and he learned that the Russians had obtained "dirt" on candidate Hillary Clinton. And the "dirt" was in the form of "Emails of Clinton," and that they "have thousands of emails". 5/6/16 Papadopoulos suggested/Leaked to a foreign representative Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton.[NYTimes report: this foreign representative is an Australia Diplomat]	Ivan Timofeev: a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) who has connections with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Igor Ivanov: The President of RIAC and former Foreign Minister of Russia. Valdai: Valdai Discussion Club, a Moscow-based group that "is close to Russia's foreign-policy establishment."
Russia-Related Communications With The Campaign	Throughout the 4/x/16 - 8/x/16 Papadopoulos kept campaign officials (Stephen Miller, Lewandowski, Sam Clovis, Paul Manafort, Walid Phares) apprised of his efforts in arranging the Meeting {initially Trump and later Campaign after Campaign believed that it should be someone low level in the Campaign so as not to send any signal through his Russia contacts (Timofeev)} 10/x/16 Reason for Termination: adverse publicity after Interfax interview	Stephen Miller: senior policy advisor Walid Phares: member of the foreign policy advisory team; co-secretary general Transatlantic Parliamentary Group on Counterterrorism (TAG) Interfax: Russian news agency
Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt"	Leaked to Entities other than Campaign: Papadopoulos admitted telling at least one individual outside of the Campaign - the then-Greek foreign minister Papadopoulos and the Campaign officials Both could not recall Papadopoulos's sharing the information; No documentary evidence reviewed by the Office shows that Papadopoulos shared this information with the Campaign.
Additional Contacts - Sergei Millian	7/15/16 first contact shortly after TAG Summit - Sergei Millian claimed that through that position [Russian American Chamber of Commerce] he had "insider knowledge and direct access to the top hierarchy in Russian politics 7/30/16 and 8/1/16 afterwards further contacts: 7/30/16 Millian invited Papadopoulos to attend international energy conferences [but he did not go] 7/31/16 Papadopoulos emailed Bo Denysyk to say that he had been contacted "by some leaders of Russian-American voters [Sergei Millian] about their interest in voting for Mr. Trump; Denysyk asked him to hold off because of the many media reports portraying Trump Campaign as pro-Russia. 8/23/16 contact: promised he would share with Papadopoulos a disruptive technology that might be instrumental in his political work for the Campaign 11/x/16 - meet (in Chicago) discussed partnering on business deals, but Papadopoulos perceived that Millian's attitude toward him changed when Papadopoulos stated that he was only pursuing private-sector opportunities and was not interested in a job in the Administration. Further contacts through and meet on 1/20/17 in inauguration	Sergei Millian: an American citizen who is a native of Belarus, and president of [the] New York-based Russian American Chamber of Commerce, who remained out of the country and declined to be interviewed by the Office Bo Denysyk: Campaign official
Cover Up And Lie To The Authority During his interview by the FBI, Papadopoulos lied about the timing, extent, and nature of his communications with Joseph Mifsud, Olga Polonskaya, and Ivan Timofeev. On Timing: Papadopoulos acknowledged that he had met Mifsud and that Mifsud told him the Russians had “dirt” on Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails.” But Papadopoulos stated multiple times that those communications occurred before he joined the Trump Campaign and that it was a “very strange coincidence” to be told of the “dirt” before he started working for the Campaign. This account was false. Papadopoulos met Mifsud for the first time on approximately 3/15/16, after Papadopoulos had already learned he would be a foreign policy advisor for the Campaign. Mifsud showed interest in Papadopoulos only after learning of his role on the Campaign. Mifsud told Papadopoulos about the Russians possessing “dirt” on candidate Clinton in 4/26/16, more than a month after Papadopoulos had joined the Campaign and been publicly announced by candidate Trump. On Extent And Nature: Papadopoulos also made false statements in an effort to minimize the extent and importance of his communications with Mifsud. Papadopoulos stated that “[Mifsud]’s a nothing,” that he thought Mifsud was “just a guy talk[ing] up connections or something,” and that he believed Mifsud was “BS’ing to be completely honest with you.” In fact, however, Papadopoulos understood Mifsud to have substantial connections to high-level Russian government officials and that Mifsud spoke with some of those officials in Moscow before telling Papadopoulos about the “dirt.” On Communication with Olga Polonskaya and Ivan Timofeev: Timofeev: Papadopoulos failed to inform investigators that Mifsud had introduced him to Timofeev, the Russian national who Papadopoulos understood to be connected to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite being asked if he had met with Russian nationals or “[a]nyone with a Russian accent” during the campaign. Olga Polonskaya: Papadopoulos also falsely claimed that he met Polonskaya before he joined the Campaign, and falsely told the FBI that he had “no” relationship at all with her. He stated that the extent of their communications was her sending emails—“Just, ‘Hi, how are you?’ That’s it.” In truth, however, Papadopoulos met Polonskaya shortly after he had joined the Campaign; he believed that she had connections to high-level Russian government officials and could help him arrange a potential foreign policy trip to Russia. During the campaign he emailed and spoke with her over Skype on numerous occasions about the potential foreign policy trip to Russia.
Carter Page (1/x/16 - 9/24/16) Campaign foreign policy advisor
event	description	involved individuals and background
Origins of and Early Campaign Work	1/x/16 Page began volunteering on an informal, unpaid basis for the Trump Campaign 3/21/16: Page was formally identified as a member of his foreign policy team to advise on Russia and the energy sector. Page told the Office that his goal in working on the Campaign was to help candidate Trump improve relations with Russia. Page had repeatedly touted his high-level contacts in Russia and his ability to forge connections between candidate Trump and senior Russian governmental officials.	Carter Page: Campaign foreign policy adviser who had lived and worked in Russia. Page had been approached by Russian intelligence officers several years before he volunteered for the Trump Campaign - Russian intelligence officials had formed relationships with Page in 2008 and 2013 x/x/04 - x/x/07: deputy branch manager of Merrill Lynch's Moscow office x/x/08: Page founded Global Energy Capital LLC (GEC),an investment and advisory firm focused on the energy sector in emerging markets. Page asked Yatsenko to work with him at GEC. x/x/08: Page met Alexander Bulatov [Black Out] x/x/13: Victor Podobnyy formed a relationship with Page.[met in person and exchanged emails].In a recorded conversation on 4/8/13, Podobnyy told another intelligence officer [name not mentioned] that Page was interested in business opportunities in Russia. Podobnyy told the other intelligence officer that his method of recruiting foreign sources was to promise them favors and then discard them once he obtained relevant information from them. x/x/15: Podobnyy and two other Russian intelligence officers were charged with conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. Page later spoke with a Russian government official at the United Nations General Assembly that he "didn't do anything" x/x/x: interviewed by Office: Page stated that he had only provided immaterial non-public information to them and that he did not view this relationship as a back channel.  ____________________ Sergey Yatsenko: deputy chief financial officer in Gazprom [Russian energy company] Alexander Bulatov: Russian government official who worked at the Russian Consulate in New York who was a Russian intelligence officer. Victor Podobnyy: Russian intelligence officer working covertly in the United States under diplomatic cover. Andrej Krickovic: an associate of Page's and assistant professor at the Higher School of Economics in Russia. Shlomo Weber: NES (New Economic School in Moscow) rector Denis Klimentov: employee of NES Dmitri Klimentov: brother of Denis Klimentov Maria Zakharova: Director of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Information and Press Department Dmitry Peskov: Russian Press Secretary Arkady Dvorkovich: Russian Deputy Prime Minister and NES board member Andrey Baranov: former Gazprom employee who had become the head of investor relations at Rosneft Igor Sechin: president of Rosneft, a Russian energy company Sergey Kislyak: Russian Ambassador to the United States
7/7/16 trip to Russia	During his time with the Campaign, Page advocated pro-Russia foreign policy positions and traveled to Moscow in his personal capacity. 4/x/16 Page was invited to give a speech at the 7/8/16 commencement ceremony at New Economic School (NES) in Moscow. Page was eager to accept the invitation 5/16/16 Page emailed Clovis, J.D. Gordon, and Walid Phares and suggested that candidate Trump take his place speaking at the commencement ceremony; [responded with that Trump would not attend] [Weber recalled that] in 7/x/16 there was substantial interest in the Trump Campaign in Moscow 7/x/16 Page traveled to Russia for the NES events. 7/5/16 Denis Klimentov emailed Maria Zakharova about Page's visit and his connection to the Trump Campaign. Dmitri Klimentov then contacted Dmitry Peskov to see if Peskov wanted to introduce Page to any Russian government officials. Peskov responded - Specialists say that he is far from being the main one. So I better not initiate a meeting in the Kremlin. 7/7/16 Page delivered a speech at NES: Page criticized the U.S. government's foreign policy toward Russia 7/8/16 Page delivered the commencement address. Arkady Dvorkovich spoke at the ceremony and stated that the sanctions the United States had imposed on Russia had hurt the NES. Page and Dvorkovich shook hands. Weber recalled that Dvorkovich made statements to Page about working together in the future. [Black Out] Page said that, during his time in Moscow, he met with friends and associates he knew from when he lived in Russia, including Andrey Baranov and individuals from Tatneft. Page believed he and Baranov discussed Rosneft president Igor Sechin. 7/8/16 and 7/9/16, Page emailed several Campaign officials [Black Out]. Page's activities in Russia were not fully explained. [The Office did not obtain additional evidence]
Later Campaign Work and Removal from the Campaign	Post 7/8/16 Trip: traveled to the Republican National Convention and met Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyakin. He wrote that Ambassador Kislyak was very worried about candidate Clinton's world views.[Black out][more detail on RNC event infra] Page's trip to Moscow and his advocacy for pro-Russia foreign policy drew the media's attention; The Campaign responded by distancing itself from Page 9/23/16 Yahoo! News reported that U.S. intelligence officials were investigating whether Page had opened private communications with senior Russian officials to discuss U.S. sanctions policy under a possible Trump Administration 9/24/16: Page was formally removed from the Campaign. Transition period contacts - 12/x/16: a personal trip to Moscow, he met with at least one Russian government official. [Section IV.B.6, infra]
Reference To Steele Dossier [report 94 and report 134] alleged that Carter Page met secretly with Sechin and Igor DIVYEKIN on either 7/7/16 or 7/8/16. Sechin raised the issues about bilateral energy cooperation and prospects for an associated move to lift Ukraine-related western sanctions against Russia. PAGE had reacted positively to this demarche but had been generally non-committal in response. Igor DIVYEKIN raised a dossier of 'kompromat' the Kremlin possessed on Hillary CLINTON as well as on Trump; and indicated more strongly that TRUMP should bear it [Kompromat] in mind in his {Trump} dealings with them {Russia}. for more detail of the analysis, go to the section of this post
Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest Members of the Trump Campaign (Trump, Session, Kushner) interacted on several occasions with CNI, Investigation did not identify evidence that the Campaign passed or received any messages to or from the Russian government through CNI or Simes.
event	description	involved individuals
Connect with the Trump Campaign	3/x/16 Richard Plepler organized a luncheon event. Jared Kushner was one of the attendee who told the Office that the event came at a time when the Trump Campaign was having trouble securing support from experienced foreign policy professionals and that, as a result, he decided to seek Simes's assistance. 3/24/16: Simes and Kushner spoke on call 3/31/16 Simes and Kushner met in person. Simes told Kushner that the best way to handle foreign-policy issues for the Trump Campaign would be to organize an advisory group of experts to meet with candidate Trump and develop a foreign policy approach that was consistent with Trump's voice. Simes also had contact with other Campaign members (Gordon and Session) regarding the Campaign's foreign policy positions. 6/17/16 email: with memo outlined foreign policy issues including a "new beginning with Russia."	Dimitri Simes: President and CEO of Center for the National Interest (CNI) who was born in the former Soviet Union and immigrated to the United States in the 1970s. He is the publisher and CEO of the National Interest. Simes personally has many contacts with current and former Russian government officials as does CNI collectively. CNI has arranged for U.S. delegations to visit Russia and for Russian delegations to visit the United States. Center for the National Interest (CNI): a think tank with expertise in and connections to the Russian government. a Washington-based non-profit organization that grew out of a center founded by former President Richard Nixon. National Interest: foreign policy magazine - a publication affiliated with CNI. Jeff Sessions: senator who served as an advisor to candidate Trump on national security and foreign policy issues. Richard Plepler: CNI board member Henry Kissinger: CNI's honorary chairman.
A Foreign Policy Speech (hosted by CNI);	4/x/16, Kushner forwarded to Simes an outline of the foreign-policy speech that Stephen Miller had prepared. Simes and Campaign exchanged drafts and ideas. 4/25/16: invitees to the pre-speech reception included Sessions and Kislyak who was informed that he (Kislyak) would have the opportunity to meet Trump. 4/27/16: Kislyak also met Kushner during the pre-speech reception. Kushner recalled Kislyak saying, "we like what your candidate is saying ... "	Rick Dearborn: Sessions's chief of staff Paul Saunders: CNI Executive Director Richard Burt: CNI board member
Jeff Sessions's Post-Speech Interactions with CNI	5/23/16 CNI event: all [Sesssion, Simes, Saunders, and Jacob Heilbrunn] had no recollection of seeing Kislyak 7/x/16 CNI dinner events: for Sessions to meet with experienced foreign policy professionals. The dinners included CNI affiliated individuals, such as Richard Burt and Zalmay Khalilzadthe. The participants addressed U.S. relations with Russia, including how U.S. relations with NATO and European countries affected U.S. policy toward Russia. But the discussions were not exclusively focused on Russia	Charles Boyd: CNI board member Jacob Heilbrunn: editor of the National Interest Zalmay Khalilzad: a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq and the person who had introduced Trump before the 4/27/16 foreign policy speech.
Jared Kushner' s Continuing Contacts with Simes	Between 4/x/16 speech and election: Jared Kushner had periodic contacts with Simes. Simes recalled that he, not Kushner, initiated all conversations about Russia, and that Kushner never asked him to set up back-channel conversations with Russians. According to Simes, after the Mayflower speech, Simes raised the issue of Russian contacts with Kushner, advised that it was bad optics for the Campaign to develop hidden Russian contacts. 8/17/16: In advance of the meeting, Simes sent Kushner a "Russia Policy Memo" laying out "what Mr. Trump may want to say about Russia. Simes mentioned "a well-documented story of highly questionable connections between Bill Clinton" and the Russian government. Kushner forwarded the email to Stephen Miller, Paul Manafort, and Rick Gates. Simes claimed that he had received this information from Fritz Ermarth who claimed to have learned of this from US Intelligence source not Russia. When interviewed by the Office, Kushner stated that he never received from Simes information that could be "operationalized" for the Trump Campaign.	Fritz Ermarth: former CIA and Reagan White House Official
6/9/16 Meeting
event	description	involved individuals
6/9/16 Meeting at Trump Tower - go to this post
Events at the Republican National Convention Trump Campaign officials met with Sergey Kislyak during the week of the RNC. The evidence indicates that those interactions were brief and non-substantive.
event	description	involved individuals
Kislyak's Encounters with Sessions and J.D. Gordon	7/20/16: Senator Sessions and Gordon spoke at the Global Partners in Diplomacy event - the same week as the RNC held in Cleveland. In his speech, Gordon stated in pertinent part that the United States should have better relations with Russia. Sessions separately spoke with between six and 12 ambassadors, including Kislyak. Sessions stated during interviews with the Office that he had no specific recollection of what he discussed with Kislyak. 7/20/16 evening reception Gordon and Kislyak talked during which Gordon again mentioned that he meant what he said in his speech about improving U.S.-Russia relations.	Global Partners in Diplomacy event: a conference co-sponsored by the State Department and the Heritage Foundation. J.D. Gordon: senior Campaign advisor on policy and national security
Change to Republican Party Platform	7/10/16: RNC Platform Committee sent the 2016 draft platform to the National Security and Defense Platform Subcommittee. The Campaign team discussed toning down language from the 2012 platform that identified Russia as the country's number one threat. 7/11/16 Delegate Diana Denman submitted a proposed platform amendment that included provision of armed support for Ukraine.  Gordon stated that he flagged this amendment [- Gordon's concern with the amendment was the language about providing "lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine -] because of Trump's stated position on Ukraine that the Europeans should take primary responsibility for any assistance to Ukraine, that there should be improved U.S.-Russia relations. Demnan recalled Gordon was on the phone with candidate Trump, Gordon saying that [she refused to strike through that 'language' - "lethal defensive weapons" as requested] although Gordon merely acknowledged it was possible that he mentioned having previously spoken to the Trump about the subject matter.  Gordon stated that he and the subcommittee co-chair ultimately agreed to replace the language about armed assistance with "appropriate assistance". Sam Clovis' reaction: surprised by the change and did not believe it was in line with Trump's stance; Marshburn' reaction: Mashburn stated that when he saw the word "appropriate assistance," he believed that Gordon had violated Mashburn's directive not to intervene.	John Mashburn: the Campaign's policy director Diana Denman: delegate RNC Matt Miller: Campaign staff Rick Dearborn: senior foreign policy advisor
Trump's Written Answer Question IV.f [is about the role Trump might have in the change to the Platform] Trump's Answer: "I have no recollection of the details of what, when, or from what source I first learned about the change to the platform amendment regarding arming Ukraine". .... "I do not recall being involved in changing the language to the amendment."
Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak (Sessions and Gordon)
event	description	involved individuals
Kislyak Invites Gordon to Breakfast	8/3/16: invite Gordon 8/8/16: Gordon declined - saying these days are not optimal because of negative media reporting while also preparing for the first debate with HRC
Senator Sessions's September Meeting with Kislyak	8/x/16: invite Session to meet; Sessions acknowledged that meeting requests from ambassadors increased substantially as Sessions assumed a prominent role in the Trump Campaign 9/8/16: Sessions met with Kislyak in his Senate office in the presence of Sandra Luff and Pete Landrum. Sessions voiced concerns about Russia's sale of a missile defense system to Iran, Russian planes buzzing U.S. military assets in the Middle East, and Russian aggression in emerging democracies such as Ukraine and Moldova. Kislyak offered explanations on these issues and complained about NATO land forces in former Soviet-bloc countries that border Russia. Sessions recalled Kislyak saying that the Russian government was receptive to the overtures Trump had laid out during his campaign. Kislyak invited Sessions to another meeting. Luff advised Sessions against accepting the one-on-one meeting with Kislyak.	Jeff Sessions: the then - member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sandra Luff: Sessions's legislative director Pete Landrum: served as Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Senior Defense Policy Advisor for the past decade handled military affairs
Paul Manafort
Paul Manafort [3/x/16 - 8/19/16]- campaign convention manager and later campaign chairman. He had connections to Russia through his prior work for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and later through his work for a pro-Russian regime in Ukraine. Manafort stayed in touch with these contacts during the campaign period through Konstantin Kilimnik. Manafort instructed Rick Gates to provide Kilimnik with updates on the Trump Campaign-including internal polling data
event	description	involved individuals and background
Paul Manafort Joins the Campaign	3/29/16: Campaign's Republican Convention Manager [recommended by Thomas Barrack and Roger Stone] when he traveled to meet Trump at his Mar-a-Lago. 5/19/16: campaign chairman and chief strategist and Gate as deputy campaign chairman Gates reported that Manafort intended to remain outside the Administration and monetize his relationship with the Administration, if Trump elected. [appear in order to resolve his Pericle lawsuit and money owed during his consulting work in Ukraine.]	Paul Manafort: His Russian contacts during the campaign and transition periods stem from his consulting work for Oleg Deripaska [x/x/05 - x/x/09] and his separate political consulting work in Ukraine [x/x/05 to x/x/15],including through his company DMP International LLC (DMI). Consulting Work for Oleg Deripaska: x/x/05:  a memorandum regarding Manafort's work referenced the need to brief the Kremlin and the benefits that the work could confer on the Putin Government. x/x/07: Deripaska invested through another entity in Pericles. [Gates stated that] The venture led to a deterioration of the relationship between Manafort and Deripaska involving lawsuits and by x/x/09, their business relationship had "dried up. This relationship was being tried to be revived in election year. Political Consulting Work in Ukraine: x/x/05: Rinat Akhmetov hired Manafort to engage in political work supporting the Party of Regions - a pro-Russian party. Manafort assisted the Party's candidate, Viktor Yanukovych, won the presidency in 2010 and since became his political adivisor. Interaction with Trump: first met in 1982: saw Trump at political and social events in New York City over the years; had worked 1988 and 1996 Republican conventions when Trump requested VIP status. _______________________ Konstantin Kilimnik: a Russian national, longtime Manafort employee who previously ran Manafort's office in Kiev and who has lived in both Russia and Ukraine and speaks and writes Ukrainian and Russian, had direct and close access to Yanukovych and his senior entourage, and facilitated many of Manafort's communications with and his clients, including Yanukovych and Ukrainian oligarchs.and also Deripaska. and who the FBI assesses to have ties to Russian intelligence although Manafort did not believe he was a Russian spy. [FBI's evidence]: He was born in Dnipropetrovsk Ob last, then of the Soviet Union, 1987- 1992: attended the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense from; 1997: Travelled to United States with a Russian diplomatic passport 1998 to x/x/05(?): did translation work and general office management at International Republican Institute' s (IRI) Moscow office. one former associate of Kilimnik's at IRI told the FBI that Kilimnik was fired from his post because his links to Russian intelligence were too strong. x/x/x: Kilimnik contacted Hawker about working for Russia government entity's public-relations project that would promote Russia's position on invasion of Crimea. Gates, Hawker, and Zwaan suspected that Kilimnik was a spy. _______________________ Rick Gates: Manafort's deputy on the Campaign and a longtime employee. Oleg Deripaska: Russian oligarch who has a global empire involving aluminum and power companies and who is closely aligned with Vladimir Putin Viktor Boyarkin: Deripaska's deputy, a Russian national who previously served in the defense attache office of the Russian Embassy to the United States Pericles: Pericles Emerging Market Partners L.P. an investment fund created by Manafort and former Manafort business partner Richard Davis. It was established to pursue investments in Eastern Europe. Rinat Akhmetov: a Ukrainian oligarch who hired Manafort as a political consultant in x/x/05. Viktor Yanukovych: Pro-Russian President Ukraine who served in that role until when he fled to Russia amidst popular protests Sam Patten: business partner to Kilimnik Jonathan Hawker: a British national who was a public relations consultant at FTI Consulting who worked with DMI on a public relations campaign for Yanukovych. Alexander van der Zwaan: an attorney who had worked with DMI on a report for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. International Republican Institute (IRI): is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to advancing freedom and democracy worldwide by helping political parties to become more issue-based and responsive FTI Consulting: is a business advisory firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. FTI is one of the largest financial consulting firms in the world and consistently ranks as one of the top global management consulting firms. Thomas Barrack: senior adviser to Trump campaign. He is a close friend and ally of Trump and has represented him on television news segments. He also served as the chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. He is an American private equity real estate investor and the founder and executive chairman of Colony Capital Inc Roger Stone: had worked with Manafort from approximately 1980 until the mid-l990s through various consulting and lobbying firms. Akhmetov: Ukrainian oligarchs who were senior Opposition Bloc officials Serhiy Lyovochkin: Ukrainian oligarchs who were senior Opposition Bloc officials Boris Kolesnikov: Ukrainian oligarchs who were senior Opposition Bloc officials Tony Fabrizio: pollster who had worked with Manafort for years and was brought into the Campaign by Manafort. Yuriy Boyko: former Party of Regions official, former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, and a former Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine.
Paul Manafort's Campaign-Period Contacts	3/30/16: Manafort directed Gates to prepare for his review and then emailed separate memoranda addressed to Deripaska, Akhmetov, Serhiy Lyovochkin, and Boris Kolesnikov;  Kilimnik was appointed for translation and dissemination. 4/11/16: asked Kilimnik to show "these contacts" the media coverage of his new role. Gates stated that Deripaska wanted a visa to the United States to be convinced that Manafort's position would be helpful to him. 4/x/16 and 5/x/16 Manafort instructed Gates to send Campaign internal polling data and other updates to Kilimnik and in turn, to share it with Deripaska and Ukrainian oligarchs via WhatsApp;. [Gates believed Manafort sent polling data to Deripaska as a condition for resolving his problem (financial and lawsuits) with Deripaska.] ------ polling data prepared for the Trump Campaign by pollster Tony Fabrizio ------Gates reported that, after Manafort left the Campaign, Gates sent Kilimnik polling data less frequently and that the data he sent was more publicly available information and less internal data. 7/x/16 -8/19/16; [black out] "internal polling" emails Kilimnik sent to U.S. associates and press contacts about status of the Trump Campaign and his prospects. ________________ Manafort did not acknowledge instructing Gates to send Kilimnik internal data. Contemporaneous emails that shed light on the purpose of the communications with Deripaska revealed that they are consistent with Gates's account. [7/7/16 email was given as the example.] Manafort has alleged to the Office that he was willing to brief Deripaska only on public campaign matters
Paul Manafort's Campaign-Period Meetings with Konstantin Kilimnik in the United States	5/7/16: before the meeting, Kilimnik had been working to gather information about the political situation in Ukraine. That included information gleaned from a trip that Yuriy Boyko had recently taken to Moscow - a trip that may include meetings between Boyko and high-ranking Russian officials. During the meeting, Manafort and Kilimnik talked about events in Ukraine, and Manafort briefed Kilimnik on the Trump Campaign. Kilimnik spoke about a plan of Boyko to boost election participation in the eastern zone of Ukraine, which was the base for the Opposition Bloc. Manafort stated and believed that Opposition Bloc members recognized his position on the Campaign was an opportunity. 8/x/16: before the meeting, they used coded language to write the email. Manafort himself explained the email is about Yanukovych who then resided in Moscow. Kilimnik and Yanukovych spent about 5 hours talking about his [Yanukovych] story, and "I [Kilimnik] have several important messages from him [[Yanukovych] to you [Manafort]. He asked me [Kilimnik] to go and brief you [Manafort] on our conversation" As to the contents of the meeting: [Gates was in the presence, but arrived late] [the accounts of Manafort and Gates differ in certain respects.] The Office identified at least three principal topics: -----discussed a peace plan to resolve the ongoing political problems in Ukraine by creating an autonomous republic in its more industrialized eastern region of Donbas and having Yanukovych elected to head that republic which was thought to be a "backdoor" means for Russia to control eastern Ukraine. Manafort initially said that if he had not cut off the discussion, Kilimnik would have asked him to convince Trump to come out in favor of the peace plan, expecting Manafort to use his connections in Ukraine to support the plan. Manafort stated that he had said to Kilimnik that the plan was crazy. Kilimnik raised the peace plan again several times in a 12/8/16 email and later in their transition period meeting 1/x/17 and 2/x/17.(see detail next section) ------ Manafort briefed Kilimnik on the state of the Trump Campaign and Manafort's plan to win the election which contained the Campaign's messaging and its internal polling data. The "battleground" states [Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota] were also discussed. ------ [according to Gates and what Kilimnik told Sam Patten] Manafort and Kilimnik discussed sets of financial disputes related to Manafort's previous work in the region [Deripaska lawsuit and funds that the Opposition Bloc owed to Manafort]
Post-Resignation Activities	8/19/16 resigned amid negative media reporting about his political consulting work for the pro-Russian Party of Regions in Ukraine. [But he continued to offer advice to various Campaign officials (Kushner, Bannon, and Trump himself) through the election]. Some of the documented emails and meetings: ------ 10/21/16: (to Kushner) - in a strategy memo he proposed that the Campaign make the case against Clinton "as the failed and corrupt champion of the establishment" and that "Wikileaks provides the Trump campaign the ability to make the case in a very credible way" ------ 11/5/16: (to Kushner) - he stated how held positive prospects on the election and indicated his concern that Clinton Campaign would respond to the election result to discredit the [Trump] by claiming voter fraud and cyber-fraud, including that the Russians have hacked into the voting machines and tampered with the results, and the need to know how to preserve that results. ------ 1/12/17: Meetings relating to Ukraine and Russia (Madrid) Georgiy Oganov: Although he claimed that the meeting had been arranged by his lawyers and concerned only the Pericles lawsuit. Some evidence suggested that Kilimnik and Boyarkin-not Manafort's counsel-had arranged the meeting and that the meeting instead was "about recreating [the] old friendship"- ostensibly between Manafort and Deripaska-" and about global politics.  ------ 1/15/16 email (to McFarland): "I have some important information I want to share that I picked up on my travels over the last month.". But Manafort stated the information is about the travel to Cuba, not to Russia or Ukraine. ------ around 1/20/17: (Alexandria, Virginia) meet Kilimnik and Serhiy Lyovochkin: Kilimnik again discussed the Yanukovych peace plan (see previous section)  ------12/8/16 email: he wrote"all that is required to start the process is a very minor 'wink' (or slight push) from DT (Trump Initial). He could start the process and within 10 days visit Russia and that DT could have peace in Ukraine basically within a few months after inauguration".  Kilimnik assured Manafort that [Yanukovych] "guarantees your reception at the very top level".[Black Out] Manafort sought to qualify his engagement on and support for the plan. [Black Out] ----- 2/26/17: (Madrid) meet Kilimnik [Manafort had denied meeting with Kilimnik before being confronted with documentary evidence] Manafort said that Kilimnik had updated him on a criminal investigation into so-called "black ledger" payments to Manafort that was being conducted b Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau. [Black Out] ___________________ Manafort remained in contact with Kilimnik throughout x/x/17 and into the 3/x/18. Those contacts included: His case brought by the Office; Ukraine peace plan: ----1/x/18 Manafort craft a draft poll in Ukraine [through his longtime polling firm], he worked with Kilimnik to formulate the polling questions asking for opinions on Yanukovych's role in resolving the conflict in Donbas;  -----A three-page primer was sent to the pollsters by Kilimnik calling for the United States and Trump to support the Autonomous Republic of Donbas with Yanukovych as Prime Minister. [The poll also sought opinions on leaders apart from Yanukovych pertaining to the Ukraine presidential election]. -----into the 6/x/18 Kilimnik continued his efforts to promote the peace plan to the Executive Branch (e.g. Department of State) .  [The Office has not uncovered evidence that Manafort brought the Ukraine peace plan to the attention of the Trump Campaign or the Trump]	Georgiy Oganov: a senior executive at a Deripaska company and was believed to report directly to Deripaska and who had previously worked at the Russian Embassy in the United States K.T. McFarland: Deputy National Security Advisor
Cover Up and Lies {Hong Gan's Note: Mueller report may contain the relevant information but redacted. The following information was from court filing and media reports} Paul Manafort "breached" his plea agreement with the Justice Department by lying to the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller's office (new court filing 11/26/18). But what Paul Manafort lied about was not disclosed in that court filing. According to New York Times, the judge [Amy Berman Jackson of the United States District Court in Washington], after a sealed hearing (the redacted transcript of the hearing was made public), found taht Manafort lied about his contacts with a Russian associate (Konstantin V. Kilimnik) during the campaign and after the election. The prosecutors convinced Judge Jackson that Mr. Manafort had deceived them about his talks with Mr. Kilimnik, including their conversations about a possible deal that might have served the Kremlin. They (Manafort and Kilimnik) repeatedly discussed a proposal to resolve a conflict over Russia’s incursions into Ukraine, possibly giving Moscow relief from punishing American-led sanctions that had been imposed after Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Mueller's prosecuter (Andrew Weissmann) suggested that Mr. Manafort had misled the prosecutors into believing that he had rejected the Ukraine plan with Mr. Kilimnik out of hand during a meeting in Augest of the Election year. Only after he was confronted with evidence did Mr. Manafort acknowledge that he and Mr. Kilimnik continued to discuss the proposal on at least three other occasions after Mr. Trump was elected. The prosecutors also told the judge that Mr. Manafort deceived them about transferring Trump campaign polling data to Mr. Kilimnik during the campaign. Mr. Manafort’s lawyers had suggested that Mr. Manafort had only wanted to share public data in the interest of promoting himself and maybe winning lucrative work overseas. The data included both private and public data. Manafort wanted the information delivered to Ukrainian oligarchs who had financed Ukrainian political parties that were aligned with Russia. Weissmann appeared to suggest that Mr. Manafort’s lies about the polling data were too important to dismiss as innocent memory lapses. The judge also found that Mr. Manafort had lied about a payment that was routed through a pro-Trump political action committee to cover his legal bills, and about information relevant to another undisclosed investigation underway at the Justice Department.
Trump's Written Answer Question IV.a [is about whether Trump knew Manafort had tie to Ukraine prior to 8/19/16 and how this might influence his hiring decision] Trump's Answer: "Mr. Manafort was hired primarily because of his delegate work for prior presidential candidates..." "I knew that Mr. Manafort had done international consulting work and, at some time before Mr. Manafort left the campaign (8/19/16), I learned that he was somehow involved with individuals concerning Ukraine, but I do not remember the specifics of what I knew at the time." Question IV.b [is about whether Trump knew Paul Manafort offered briefings on the progress of the Campaign to Oleg Deripaska"]: Trump's Answer: "l had no knowledge of Mr. Manafort offering briefings on the progress of my campaign to an individual named Oleg Deripaska" Question IV.c [is about whether Trump knew if Paul Manafort/Trump Campaign sent internal Trump campaign information to any person linked to Ukraine or Russia]: Trump's Answer: "I do not remember being aware of Mr. Manafort or anyone else associated with my campaign sending or directing others to send internal Trump Campaign information to anyone I knew to be in Ukraine or Russia" Question IV.d: [is about whether Paul Manafort communicate with Trump regarding the stance Ukraine or Russia would want the U.S. to support]: Trump's Answer: "I do not remember Mr. Manafort communicating to me any particular positions Ukraine or Russia would want the United States to support."
Alleged Conspiracy: Reference To Steele Dossier [report 95 (7/x/16) Allegation 1-4 and report 105 (8/22/16) Allegation 1-3]: there was a well-developed conspiracy of co-operation between them [Trump Campaign and the Russian leadership]. This was managed on the TRUMP side by campaign manager Paul MANAFORT, [Report 95 Allegation 4 stated] In terms of the intelligence flow from the TRUMP team to Russia, Source E reported that much of this concerned the activities of business oligarchs and their families' activities and assets in the US, with which PUTIN and the Kremlin seemed preoccupied. [Report 97 Allegation 3, S(97).A] The émigré' confirmed that an intelligence exchange had been running between them for at least 8 years.
Post-Resignation: Reference To Steele Dossier [Report 105 Allegation 1, S(105).A]: in the immediate aftermath of Paul MANAFORT's resignation [8/19/16], Source S(105).A reported on a recent secret meeting between PUTIN and ex-President YANUKOVYCH of Ukraine on 8/15/16 near Volgograd, Russia. YANUKOVYCH had confided in PUTIN that he did authorize and order substantial kick-back payments to MANAFORT as alleged but sought to reassure him that there was no documentary trail left behind. [Report 105 Allegation 3, Source S(105).B]: S(105).B outlined the reasons behind MANAFORT's recent demise. - the Ukraine corruption revelations {The Black Ledger] had played a part; several senior players close to TRUMP had wanted MANAFORT out, primarily to loosen his control on strategy and policy formulation. Of particular importance in this regard was MANAFORT's predecessor Corey LEWANDOWSKI. For more detail, go to the section of this post

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Trump's Written Answer on Question I.h, IV.e and IV.g (not specific to any row in the Table)

Question I.hTrump's Answer:
"I have no recollection of being told during the campaign that Vladimir Putin or the Russian government "supported" my candidacy or "opposed" the candidacy of Hillary Clinton."

Question I.i:
Trump's Answer:
"I have no recollection of being told during the campaign that any foreign government or foreign leader had provided, wished to provide, or offered to provide tangible support to my campaign."
Question IV.e was general in this set (IV) of questions, it is not on any specific individual Contacts. [Question IV.e is about whether Trump was told/knew about efforts by Russian officials to meet with him or his Campaign] and his answer was:
"I do not recall being told during the campaign of efforts by Russian officials to meet with me or with senior members of my campaign." He did admit one thing that he was informed of by Rhona Graff on 3/17/16 to be invited to St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and mentioned that the invitation was declined by him.

Question IV.g [is about Trump's stance on the annexation of Crimea and sanction lifts and his possible consideration on that if he was elected based on a Statement he made when asked whether he would recognize Crimea and lift sanctions: "We'll be looking at that. Yeah, we'll be looking."]. His answer was: "My statement {"We'll be looking at that. Yeah, we'll be looking."} did not communicate any position".

Reference to Steele Dossier (not specific to any row in the Table)

Report 101 (8/10/16) Allegation 4 reflects the theme described in this section of the Mueller Report. It stated "Russia' goal for the pro-Trump, anti-Clinton operation was 3 fold - target sympathetic US actors, gather intelligence, hack/create and disseminate kompromat). This involved Kremlin engaging with and supporting several high profile US political figures, including ......PAGE and Michael FLYNN), and funding their recent visits to Moscow" ref

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Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts

Immediate Post-Election Activity Individuals connected to the Russian government started contacting officials on the Trump Campaign and Transition Team through multiple channels: official contact: Kislyak; outreach by Individuals - prominent Russian businessmen- or at some other time through U.S. persons not formally tied to the Campaign or Transition Team.
event	description	involved individuals
Outreach From Russia Government	11/8/16 3:00 am Hicks received a call on her personal cell phone from a person who sounded foreign but was calling from a number with a DC area code. Hicks told the caller to send her an email 11/9/16 Sergey Kuznetsov emailed Hicks with the subject line, "Message from Putin. to be conveyed to Trump stating he "look[ed] forward to working with [Trump] on leading Russian-American relations out of crisis" Hick forwarded the email to Kushner to look into it; Kushner forwarded Dimitri Simes's response-which identified Kislyak by name as Russia Embassador-to Hicks. Hicks conveyed Putin's letter to transition officials. 11/x/16: Trump and Putin spoke by phone in the presence of Transition Team members, including Michael Flynn.	Hope Hicks: Trump Campaign press secretary Sergey Kuznetsov: an official at the Russian Embassy to the United Dimitri Simes: CNI president Michael Flynn: incoming National Security Advisor
High-Level Encouragement of Contacts through Alternative Channels	Petr Aven 4th Quarter Meeting with Putin: [preceded by a preparatory meeting with Anton Vaino]: Putin raised the prospect that the United States would impose additional sanctions on Russian interests, including sanctions against Aven and/or Alfa-Bank. Putin spoke of the difficulty faced by the Russian government in getting in touch with the incoming Trump Administration. Aven told Putin he would take steps to protect Alfa-Bank from potential sanctions, and one of those steps would be to try to reach out to the incoming Administration. (continue to the section on Aven below)	Petr Aven: a Russian national who heads Alfa-Bank, is one of approximately 50 wealthy Russian businessmen ["oligarchs."] who regularly (on a quarterly basis) meet with Putin in the Kremlin; and Aven said that he took these meetings seriously and understood that any suggestions or critiques that Putin made during these meetings were implicit directives, and that there would be consequences if he did not follow through. Alfa-Bank: Russia's largest commercial bank Anton Vaino: Putin's chief of staff since  8/12/16 who replaced Ivanov.
Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration Dmitriev asked George Nader to introduce him to Trump transition officials. George Nader introduced him to Erik Prince.
event	description	involved individuals
Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contacts With the Incoming Administration	11/8/16: midnight after 12:00 am Dmitriev messaged [Black Out] who was to attend the world chess championship. Dmitry Peskov was also attend the Championship. [Black Out] 11/9/16: 2:40 am news reports stated that Candidate Clinton called Trump to concede [Black Out]. Later that morning, Dmitriev contacted Nader to request a meeting in the incoming Administration as soon as possible; stating that "we want to start rebuilding the relationship in whatever is a comfortable pace for them. We understand all of the sensitivities and are not in a rush". Later that day, Dmitriev invited Nader to the opening of the chess tournament and asked if there was a chance to meet Trump Associates. Dmitriev also asked Nader to invite Kushner to the event so that he (Dmitriev) could meet him. Nader did not pass along Dmitriev's invitation to anyone, although Trump also attended the event. Nader stated that Dmitriev continued to press him to set up a meeting with transition officials, and was particularly focused on Kushner and Trump Jr. According to Nader, Dmitriev was very anxious to connect with the incoming Administration. Nader did not ultimately introduce Dmitriev to anyone. 12/x/16, Dmitriev again broached the topic of meeting incoming Administration officials with Nader in 1/x/17 or 2/x/17. Dmitriev sent Nader a list of publicly available quotes of Dmitriev speaking positively about Donald Trump "in case they [were] helpful."	Kirill Dmitriev: Russian national who is CEO of - the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF),and is closely connected to Putin. Dmitriev regularly interacted with Nader in connection with RDIF's dealings with the UAE. Putin wanted Dmitriev to be in charge of both the financial and the political relationship between Russia and the Gulf states. [Because he was educated in the West and spoke English fluently]. George Nader: a senior advisor to UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed in UAE royal court and a close business associate of Kirill Dmitriev. Nader developed contacts with Trump Campaigns during the Election year, and kept Dmitriev abreast of his efforts to do so. Nader did not introduce Dmitriev to Campaign before Election, although he was asked to. [Black Out] Erik Prince: is a businessman and a Trump Campaign supporter who had relationships with various Campaign Associates, including Steve Bannon, Donald Trump Jr., and Roger Stone. He did not have a formal role in the Campaign. After the election, Prince frequently visited transition offices, primarily to meet with Bannon but on occasion to meet Michael Flynn and others. [Black Out] Nader [Black Out] received assurances that the incoming Administration considered Prince a trusted associate. Steve Bannon: named as CEO  of the Campaign on  8/17/16 (to replace Manafort), later became chief strategist for Trump until 7/30/17 Dmitry Peskov: press Secretary of Russian Federation. Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF): Russia's sovereign wealth fund which was founded x/x/11, directly to Putin and frequently referred to Putin as his "boss". RDIF has co-invested in various projects with UAE sovereign wealth funds.
Erik Prince and Kirill Dmitriev Meet in the Seychelles	----George Nader and Erik Prince Arrange Seychelles Meeting with Dmitriev 1/3/17: Nader met Erik Prince and discussed Dmitriev. Nader told Prince that Dmitriev had been pushing Nader to introduce him to incoming Administration. Nader suggested that Prince and Dmitriev met. Prince told Nader that he needed to think further about it and to check with Transition Team officials. Nader told Dmitriev that the people he met had asked for Dmitriev's bio, and Dmitriev replied that he would update and send it. 1/4/17: Nader forwarded the message and attachments Dmitriev had sent him to Prince. Prince stated that, while he was at Trump Tower that day, he could not recall whether, during those three hours, he met with Bannon and discussed Dmitriev with him. 1/8/17: Nader wrote to Dmitriev that he had a "pleasant surprise" [prince] for him, asked if he could come to the Seychelles for the meeting on 1/12/17 --------The Seychelles Meetings 1/12/17: Prince and Dmitriev met for the first time with Nader present. [Black Out] Prince described the eight years of the Obama Administration in negative terms, and stated that he was looking forward to a new era of cooperation and conflict resolution. He told Dmitriev that Bannon was effective if not conventional, and that Prince provided policy papers to Bannon. [Black Out] Prince added that he would inform Bannon about his meeting with Dmitriev, and that if there was interest in continuing the discussion, Bannon or someone else on the Transition Team would do. [Black Out] Met again shortly afterwards: [after Prince learned that a Russian aircraft carrier had sailed to Libya] Prince told Dmitriev that the United States could not accept Russian involvement in Libya because it would make the situation there much worse. [Black Out] After The Meetigs: Dmitriev told Nader that he was disappointed: he believed the Russians needed to be communicating with someone who had more authority; he had hoped to have a discussion of greater substance -------Erik Prince's Meeting with Steve Bannon after the Seychelles Trip Prince told Nader that he would inform Bannon about his discussion with Dmitriev. 1/12/17: Prince contacted Bannon's personal assistant to set up a meeting 1/x/17: meet Bannon and briefed him about several topics, including his meeting with Dmitriev. According to Prince, Bannon instructed Prince not to follow up with Dmitriev. Bannon. by contrast, told the Office that he never discussed with Prince anything regarding Dmitriev, RDIF, or any meetings with Russian individuals or people associated with Putin. _________________ [The conflicting accounts could not be clarified. Neither of them was able to produce any of the messages they exchanged in the time period surrounding the Seychelles meeting. Both Prince and Bannon denied deleting any messages but claimed they did not know why there were no messages on his device.]	Kellyanne Conway: named as Campaign manager on 8/17/16. Later served as Counselor to TrumpWilbur Ross: Secretary of Commerce Department Steve Mnuchin
Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contact with Rick Gerson Regarding U .S.-Russia Relations	11/x/16: UAE national security advisor introduced Dmitriev to Rick Gerson Dmitriev, Rick Gerson meeting: discussed potential joint ventures between Gerson's hedge fund and RDIF. asked Gerson who he should meet with in the incoming Administration. Gerson noted that confidentiality would be required because of the sensitivity of holding such meetings before the new Administration took power. Dmitriev told Gerson that he had been tasked by Putin to develop and execute a reconciliation plan between the United States and Russia. 12/x/16-1/x/17: 12/x/16: Gerson and Dmitriev exchanged ideas about what such a reconciliation plan would include on Gerson's own initiative and as a private citizen. 1/9/17: [same day he asked Nader whether meeting Prince would be worthwhile] Dmitriev sent his biography to Gerson and asked him if he could "share it with Jared". Dmitriev also asked Gerson if he knew Prince, and if Prince was somebody important or worth spending time with. 1/16/17: Dmitriev consolidated the reconciliation plan into five main points: jointly fighting terrorism; jointly engaging in anti-weapons of mass destruction efforts; developing "win-win" economic and investment initiatives; maintaining an honest, open, and continual dialogue regarding issues of disagreement; and ensuring proper communication and trust by important people from each country. 1/18/17: Gerson gave a copy of the document to Kushner; Kushner ultimately gave one copy to Bannon and another to Rex Tillerson. 1/19/17: Dmitriev sent Nader a copy 1/26/17: Dmitriev wrote to Gerson that his "boss"[Putin] was asking if there had been any response on the proposal. He informed Gerson that Putin and President Trump would speak by phone that Saturday, and noted that that information was "very confidential". On the same day: Dmitriev wrote to Nader that his boss emphasized that "this is a great priority for us and that we need to build this communication channel to avoid bureaucracy" 1/28/17: Dmitriev texted Nader that he wanted "to see if I can confirm to my boss that your friends may use some of the ideas in the call between Trump and Putin at 12:00". After the Call: Dmitriev wrote to Nader that "the call went very well. Dmitriev replied to Gerson that the document "played an important role." 3/x/17: Gerson and Dmitriev appeared to stop communicating with one another	Rick Gerson: a hedge fund manager and friend of Jared Kushner. Gerson stated he had no formal role in the transition and had no involvement in the Trump Campaign other than occasional casual discussions about the Campaign with Kushner. After the Election, Gerson assisted the transition by arranging meetings for transition officials with Tony Blair and a UAE delegation led by Crown Prince Mohammed. Rex Tillerson: the then- Secretary of State (exon mobile CEO) Tony Blair: former UK prime minister
Trump's Written Answer Question V.a: [is about whether Trump attended the World Chess Championship gala on 11/8/16] Trump's Answer: "I do not remember having been asked to attend the World Chess Championship gala, and I did not attend the event." "During the course of preparing to respond to these questions, I have become aware of documents indicating that..." Trump said the documents indicate that he/Trump Organization was invited to host the event at Trump Tower.
Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn at Trump Tower Following the Election
event	description	involved individuals
	11/16/16: Catherine Vargas received a request for a meeting with Kislyak. Vargas notified Kushner. Kushner responded "I think I do this one --confirm with Dimitri [Simes of CNI] that this is the right guy." Vargas reported back that Kislyak was "the best go-to guy for routine matters in the US," while Yuri Ushakov was the contact for "more direct/substantial matters. 12/x/16: Bob Foresman met with Michael Flynn [K.T. McFarland was in presence]. Flynn asked Foresman for his thoughts on Kislyak. Foresman had not met Kislyak but told Flynn that, while Kislyak was important, Kislyak did not have a direct line to Putin. Foresman subsequently traveled to Moscow, inquired of a source he believed to be close to Putin. He heard back from that source that Ushakov would be the official channel for the incoming U.S. national security advisor. 1/x/17: Foresman met Flynn. Foresman told the Office that he felt obligated to report the information [Ushakov would be the official channel] back to Flynn, even though Flynn had not asked him to undertake that inquiry [The Investigation did not identify evidence of Flynn or Kushner meeting with Ushakov after being given his name] 11/30/16: Kushner meet Kislyak, Flynn also attended, Bannon was invited but did not attend. Kushner expressed a desire to start afresh with U.S.-Russian relations. also asked Kislyak to identify the best person - someone who had contact with Putin- to direct future discussion. also discussed U.S. policy toward Syria. Kislyak floated the idea of having Russian generals brief the Transition Team on the topic using a secure communications line. After Flynn explained that there was no secure line in the Transition Team office. Kushner asked Kislyak if they could communicate using secure facilities at the Russian Embassy. Kislyak quickly rejected that idea.	Catherine Vargas: executive assistant to Kushner Yuri Ushakov: a Russian career diplomat, He was appointed Ambassador to the United States in January 1999, From 6/x/08 to 5/x/12 Ushakov was Deputy Chief of the Government Staff, Since 5/x/12 he has been Aide to the President responsible for international affairs in the Presidential Administration. Bob Foresman: UBS investment bank executive who had previously tried to transmit to candidate Trump an invitation to speak at an economic forum in Russia [see Trump Tower Moscow Project section ] Michael Flynn: incoming National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland: designated deputy for Michael Flynn
Jared Kushner's Meeting with Sergey Gorkov
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	12/6/16: Russian Embassy reached out to Kushner's assistant to set up a meeting between Kislyak and Kushner. Kushner arranged to have Avi Berkowitz meet with Kislyak in his stead. 12/12/16: pre-meeting: Kislyak indicated that he wanted Kushner to meet someone who had a direct line to Putin: Sergey Gorkov 12/13//16 Berkowitz met with Kislyak: Kushner did not recall any discussion about the sanctions against VEB or sanctions more generally. The accounts from Kushner and Gorkov differ as to whether the meeting was diplomatic or business in nature. Kushner told the Office that the meeting was diplomatic, with Gorkov expressing disappointment with U.S.-Russia relations under President Obama and hopes for improved relations with the incoming Administration. 1/x/17 VEB suggested Gorkov met with Kushner in Kushner's capacity as CEO of Kushner Companies for the purpose of discussing business, rather than as part of a diplomatic effort. Foresman told the Office that he met with Gorkov and Nikolay Tsekhomsky in Moscow just before Gorkov left to meet Kushner. Gorkov and Tsekhomsky told him that they were traveling to New York to discuss post-election issues with U.S. financial institutions, that their trip was sanctioned by Putin, and that they would be reporting back to Putin upon their return. A few days after the meeting: Gorkov's assistant texted Kushner's assistant, "Hi, please inform your side that the information about the meeting had a very positive response!" Over the following weeks: they exchanged a handful of additional cordial texts. Gorkov's assistant texted Berkowitz to try to set up another meeting, Berkowitz did not respond to the meeting request in light of the press coverage regarding the Russia investigation, and did not tell Kushner about the meeting request.	Avi Berkowitz: one of the assistants to Kushner Sergey Kuznetsov: Embassy official Sergey Gorkov: head of the Russian-government owned bank Vnesheconombank (VEB). VEB: Russian-government owned bank. Vnesheconombank, was (and is) the subject of Department of Treasury economic sanctions imposed in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea Nikolay Tsekhomsky: VEB deputy chairman
Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team
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	12/x/16: attended a separate "all-hands" oligarch meeting between Putin and Russia's most prominent businessmen. The main topic was the prospect of forthcoming U.S. economic sanctions. After the meeting, Aven tried to establish a connection to the Trump team. Aven instructed Richard Burt to make contact with the incoming Trump Administration. 12/x/16: Ll board meeting [Luxembourg] Aven told Burt that he had spoken to someone high in the Russian government who expressed interest in establishing a communications channel between the Kremlin and the Trump Transition Team. Aven asked for Burt's help in contacting members of the Transition Team. Burt decided to approach Dimitri Simes for help facilitating Aven's request. At the time, Simes was lobbying the Trump Transition Team to appoint Burt U.S. ambassador to Russia. x/x/x: Burt contacted Simes and asked if he could arrange a meeting with Kushner to discuss setting up a high-level communications channel between Putin and the Incoming Administration. According to Simes, he did not want CNI to be seen as an intermediary between the Russian government and the Incoming Administration 12/22/16 email: Burt recounted for Aven his conversation with Simes: "There is an interest and an understanding for the need to establish such a channel. But the individual [Simes]emphasized that at this moment, with so much intense interest in the Congress and the media over the question of cyber-hacking (and who ordered what), Project A [communication channel] was too explosive to discuss" Aven's reply suggest he did not want the outreach to continue x/x/17 [first quarter] Aven met again with Putin and other Russian officials. Putin continued to inquire about Aven's efforts to connect to the Trump Administration in several subsequent quarterly meetings. Aven also told Putin's chief of staff that he had been subpoenaed by the FBI. he reported that he had been asked by the FBI about whether he had worked to create a back channel between the Russian government and the Trump Administration.	Richard Burt: Burt was on the board of directors for LetterOne (L1), another company headed by Aven, and had done work for Alfa-Bank. Burt had previously served as U.S. ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, and one of his primary roles with Alfa-Bank and Ll was to facilitate introductions to business contacts in the United States and other Western countries. He is a member of the board of CNI Dimitri Simes: CNI president
Reference To  Steele Dossier [Report 11_ (9/13/16) Allegation 1-3] [Allegation 1] a top level Russian government official commented on the history and current state of relations between President PUTIN and the Alpha Group; led by oligarchs Mikhail FRIDMAN, Petr AVEN and German KHAN - were on very good terms with PUTIN. FRIDMAN and AVEN continued to give informal advice to PUTIN on foreign policy, and especially about the US. For more detail about the alleged involvement of alfa bank in the Trump-Russia connection, go to the section of this post
Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich
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	12/x/16: visited Moscow for business [Black Out] 12/8/16: Kilimnik emailed to Manafort - "Carter Page is in Moscow today, sending messages he is authorized to talk to Russia on behalf of DT on a range of issues of mutual interest, including Ukraine" 12/9/16: Page had dinner with Shlomo Weber and Andrej Krickovic. Weber had contacted Dvorkovich. Dvorkovich came to the restaurant for a few minutes to meet with Page. Dvorkovich expressed interest in starting a dialogue between the United States and Russia. Dvorkovich asked Page if he could facilitate connecting Dvorkovich with individuals involved in the transition [Black Out]	Arkady Dvorkovich: Deputy Prime Minister Carter Page: former campaign foreign policy advisor Shlomo Weber: NES employees Andrej Krickovic: NES employees
Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn Michael Flynn was the Transition Team's primary conduit for communications with the Russian Ambassador and dealt with Russia on sensitive matters during the transition period: a United Nations Security Council vote and the Russian government's reaction to the sanctions for Russian interference in the Election. Flynn asked Kislyak not to escalate the situation in response to U.S. sanctions and Kislyak later reported to Flynn that Russia acceded to that request.
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United Nations Vote on Israeli Settlements	12/21/16: According to Flynn, the Transition Team regarded the vote as a significant issue and wanted to support Israel by opposing the resolution. 12/22/16: multiple members of the Transition Team, as well as Trump himself communicated with foreign government officials to determine their views on the resolution and to rally support to delay the vote or defeat the resolution. Kushner led the effort. Flynn was responsible for the Russian government 12/22/16: Flynn called Kislyak and informed Kislyak about the vote and the Transition Team's opposition to the resolution, and requested that Russia vote against or delay the resolution. Trump spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi about the vote. Ultimately, Egypt postponed the vote 12/23/16: Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, and Venezuela resubmitted the resolution; Flynn continued to lead the outreach through Kislyak. Kislyak informed Flynn that Russia would not vote against it and did not vote against it.	Michael Flynn: Incoming National Security Advisor Abdel Fattah al-Sisi: Egyptian President
U.S. Sanctions Against Russia	Flynn was also the Transition Team member who spoke with the Russian government when the Obama Administration imposed sanctions and other measures against Russia 12/28/16 Obama Executive Order 13757 effective 12/29/16 12:00 am imposed sanctions on nine Russian individuals and entities, expelled 35 Russian government officials, closed Russian government-owned compounds. Media began reporting that retaliatory measures; When asked about the sanctions, Trump told the media, "I think we ought to get on with our lives." Russia initiated the outreach to the Transition Team ---12/28/16 evening: Kislyak texted Flynn; ---12/29/16 morning: Russian Embassy also called Flynn;  -----1:53 pm: McFarland began exchanging emails with multiple Transition Team members and advisors about the impact the sanctions would have on the Incoming Administration. -----Shortly thereafter, McFarland and Bannon discussed the sanctions. Bannon remarked that the sanctions would hurt their ability to have good relations with Russia, and that Russian escalation would make things more difficult. Flynn responded to Transition Team member to whom he had exchanged text message - "Tit for tat with Russia is not good. Russian AMBO reaching out to me today." Flynn recalled that he chose not to communicate with Kislyak about the sanctions until he had heard from the team. He first spoke with Michael Ledeen, then spoke with McFarland. McFarland and Flynn discussed the sanctions, including their potential impact on the Incoming Trump Administration's foreign policy goals. They also discussed that Transition Team members in Mar-a-Lago did not want Russia to escalate the situation. Flynn then called Kislyak. Flynn discussed multiple topics with Kislyak - including the sanctions - Flynn requested that Russia not escalate the situation, not get into a "tit for tat," and only respond to the sanctions in a reciprocal manner. -----4:43 pm: McFarland emailed to Transition Team members about the sanctions. Less than an hour later: McFarland briefed Trump, Bannon, Priebus, Sean Spicer, and other Transition Team members were present. Trump opined that the sanctions provided him with leverage to use with the Russians. After the briefing, Flynn and McFarland spoke over the phone. Flynn mentioned that the Russian response to the sanctions was not going to be escalatory because they wanted a good relationship with the Incoming Administration. 12/30/16: Sergey Lavrov remarked that Russia would respond in kind to the sanctions. Putin superseded that comment later, releasing a statement that Russia would not take retaliatory measures in response to the sanctions at that time. Trump tweeted, "Great move on delay (by V. Putin)." 12/31/16: Kislyak called Flynn, informed him that Russia had chosen not to retaliate to the sanctions	Tom Bossert: a Transition Team senior official AMBO: Michael Ledeen: a Transition Team member who advised on foreign policy and national security matters Reince Priebus: White House Chief of Staff for Trump 1/20/17 - 7/31/17 Sean Spicer: White House Press Secretary (1/20/17-7/21/17) and White House Communications Director (1/20/17-3/6/17 and acting 6/3/17-7/21/17) for Donald Trump. Sergey Lavrov: Russian Foreign Minister (MFA)
Cover Up and Lies During the interview by FBI in January, Flynn made several false statements pertaining to his communications with the Russian ambassador. Flynn made these false statements to the FBI at a time when he was serving as National Security Advisor and when the FBI had an open investigation (Crossfire Hurricane) Flynn made false statements about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Kislyak in late December Flynn told the agents that he did not ask Kislyak to refrain from escalating the situation in response to the United States’s imposition of sanctions. That statement was false. On 12/29/16, Flynn called Kislyak to request Russian Restraint. Flynn also falsely told the FBI that he did not remember a follow-up conversation in which Kislyak stated that Russia had chosen to moderate its response to the U.S. sanctions as a result of Flynn’s request. On 12/31/16, Flynn in fact had such a conversation with Kislyak, and he again spoke with McFarland within hours of the call to relay the substance of his conversation with Kislyak. Flynn made false statements about calls he had previously made to representatives of Russia and other countries regarding a resolution submitted by Egypt to the United Nations Security Council on 12/21/16. Flynn stated that he only asked the countries’ positions on how they would vote on the resolution and that he did not request that any of the countries take any particular action on the resolution. That statement was false. On 12/22/16, Flynn called Kislyak, informed him of the incoming Trump Administration’s opposition to the resolution, and requested that Russia vote against or delay the resolution. Flynn also falsely stated that Kislyak never described Russia’s response to his 12/22/16 request regarding the resolution. Kislyak in fact told Flynn in a conversation on 12/23/16, that Russia would not vote against the resolution if it came to a vote. Flynn’s false statements and omissions impeded and otherwise had a material impact on that ongoing FBI investigation. They also came shortly before Flynn made separate submissions to the Department in his FARA filing. On 12/1/17, and pursuant to a plea agreement, Flynn pleaded guilty for making those false statements.

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Table Legend: (this table legend also apply to the tables in other posts in the Category - post-Mueller Russia Collusion Analysis)

• Date format: month/day/year. If month or day was not known it was replaced with x. This is to leave flexibility that the date and time might be filled when it was known from other sources of information on the public domain. The seasonal division was: for summer as the example - either June or July, if it is late summer - Aug.
• Source Legend: A-G was specified by Steele in Report 80. Other non-coded sources in Steele report was designated as S(report#).A (in alphabetical order in the sequence of their appearance in each report). It might be the case that some source in different report are same. But if Steele did not say they are same, they will be treated as different sources.
• The Office, The Investigation: refer to Mueller's Office and Mueller's Investigation.
• The Pageant: 2013 Miss Universe Pageant held in Moscow.
• The Project: Trump Tower Moscow Project
• The Forum: St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
• Black Ledger: a ledger recorded the illegal cash Yanukovych and his entourage (the Party of Regions and pro-Russian government) spent on politics. The secret ledger was investigated by Ukraine anti-corruption bureau. Manafort's name had appeared in the ledger
• The Election: Presidential Election
• The Campaign: Trump Campaign
• The Transition Team or The Incoming Administration: Trump Transition Team or Incoming Trump Administration
• [Black(ed) Out]: the text was redacted; [black out: HOM]: the text was redacted in Mueller report due to Harmful to Ongoing Matter (HOM)

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