November 30, 2017
Manafort agrees to pay $11 million bail to lift his house arrest. Manafort was ghost-writing a draft op-ed about his work in Ukraine with
"a longtime Russian colleague."
November 16, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee says Kushner didn’t turn over emails about “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” to
Trump campaign officials.
November 14, 2017
Sessions tells House Judiciary Committee he “never lied” when he said he was unaware of contacts between Trump campaign and Russia.
November 12, 2017
Clapper says he didn’t know about Papadopoulos contacts/Trump Tower meeting when he said there was no Russia collusion.
November 5, 2017
NBC News reports Mueller has enough evidence to indict Flynn and his son. “Paradise Papers” reveal Russia invested millions into Twitter/Facebook through a Kushner associate.
October 21, 2016
WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. for Trump’s tax returns, arguing that leaking the returns will downplay its pro-Trump, pro-Russia reputation and benefit the campaign.
October 12, 2016
WikiLeaks suggests to Trump Jr. that Trump tweeted a link helping users search hacked documents. Trump tweets about how the media isn’t covering “incredible information” dumped by WikiLeaks.
October 3, 2016
WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. to share a story about Clinton criticizing Assange. Trump Jr. replies that he did. Trump Jr. asks WikiLeaks about an upcoming document dump Stone tweeted about earlier.
April 6, 2017
Devin Nunes recuses himself after briefing the White House on classified intelligence without informing the House Intelligence Committee that he chairs.
July 20, 2017
McFarland tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee she doesn’t know of any contacts between Flynn and Kislyak.
July 12, 2017
Trump’s lawyer, Jay Sekulow, tells CNN Trump was “not involved in the statement drafting at all” for the initially misleading statement Trump Jr. released.
July 11, 2017
WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. to let it publish
his emails with Goldstone about the Trump
Tower meeting. Trump Jr. posts the emails
on Twitter.
July 10, 2017
The Times reports Trump Jr. was told that the information he would get at the June 2016 meeting was part of Russia’s support for Trump. Trump Jr.’s lawyer calls it “much ado about nothing.”
July 9, 2017
The Times reports Trump Jr. took the meeting because Veselnitskaya promised dirt on Clinton. Trump Jr. releases new statement admitting he took the meeting for dirt on Clinton.
June 8, 2017
Comey tells the Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump asked him to "let go"
of the Flynn investigation and the Russia probe was a "cloud" over his head.
May 10, 2017
Trump meets with Kislyak and Sergey Lavrov
in the Oval Office and discloses top-secret information. He calls Comey a “nut job” whose firing had taken “great pressure” off of him.
January 6, 2017
Clapper releases an unclassified report confirming Russia interfered in the election to help Trump and harm Clinton. Comey, Clapper, and CIA director John Brennan brief Trump.
December 29, 2016
McFarland emails colleague saying transition team should try to reassure Russia, which “has just thrown U.S.A. election to” Trump.
November 10, 2016
Russia's deputy foreign minister tells Russian media there were Trump-Russia contacts in the campaign. Trump team denies it.
November 8, 2016
WikiLeaks tells Trump Jr. if Trump loses, it would “be much more interesting” if he didn’t concede, and instead called the results rigged.
June 21, 2016
Campaign officials say Trump will not travel to Russia and that someone “low level” should go instead, “so as not to send any signal.”
July 3, 2016
Rob Goldstone emails Trump Jr. about meeting a Russian lawyer offering dirt on Clinton as part of Russia’s support for Trump. Trump Jr. replies, "I love it."
May 4, 2016
Person connected to Russia emails Papadopoulos saying their colleagues are “open for cooperation.” Papadopoulos asks high-ranking campaign official if they want
to move forward.
April 27, 2016
Papadopoulos emails Miller that Putin wanted to invite the Trump campaign to Moscow “when the time is right.”
April 18, 2016
Mifsud introduces Papadopoulos to an unidentified person with Russia ties. They discuss setting up a Russia meeting with
the Trump campaign.
March 1, 2016
George Papadopoulos is named one of five foreign policy advisers to the Trump campaign. He is told that the “principal” foreign policy focus of the campaign will be an improved
US-Russia relationship.
March 24, 2016
Papadopoulos meets with Mifsud and a "female Russian national," who say they want to arrange a meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian leadership. Trump campaign supervisor tells Papadopoulos not to commit to the meeting, but says, "Great work."
Brad Pascale
The Trump campaign’s digital
media director.
Kellyanne Conway
Former political pundit and
pollster who currently serves as
a senior adviser to Trump. After
joining the Trump campaign in
July, she was the campaign manager from August to November 2016.
Steve Bannon
Trump’s former campaign CEO, and the former White House chief strategist. Known for his hardline nationalist views, Bannon was ousted from the administration in August 2017.
Stephen Miller
Senior policy adviser in the Trump administration. Mueller’s team
reportedly interviewed him over
his role in Comey’s firing as part
of Mueller’s obstruction-of-justice investigation.
Hope Hicks
Trump campaign spokesperson and current White House communications director.
Jay Sekulow
One of Donald Trump’s personal defense lawyers.
Sergey Gorkov
Russia’s foreign minister
and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Russian counterpart.
Rob Goldstone
A British music publicist who
represents Emin Agalarov, son
of wealthy Azerbaijani-Russian
developer Aras Agalarov. The
Agalarovs knew Trump since 2013, when Trump held the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow.
Donald Trump Jr.
President Donald Trump’s eldest son and currently a subject of scrutiny in the
Russia investigation.
James Clapper
The former Director of National Intelligence. He was one of the figures in charge of assessing Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Bill Rinehart
A former Democratic National Committee employee who later worked on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Joseph Mifsud
A London-based professor
who claims to have several
connections to the Russian
government. Mifsud is named a
number of times in court documents related to George Papadopoulos’ arrest and guilty plea.
Robert Mueller
Former FBI director who was appointed special counsel
in charge of overseeing the bureau’s Russia investigation after Trump fired Comey in May 2017.
Sally Yates
The former acting attorney general. Trump fired Yates in January, when she refused to defend the initial travel ban.
Devin Nunes
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Sergey Lavrov
Russia’s foreign minister
and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Russian counterpart.
Natalia Veselnitskaya
A Russian lawyer and lobbyist
with known ties to the Kremlin. Veselnitskaya lobbies extensively
against the 2012 Magnitsky Act,
which blacklists Russians suspected
of human-rights abuses.
George Papadopoulos
An early Trump campaign foreign-
policy adviser who is at the center
of the Russia investigation. He
was arrested in July and pleaded
guilty to one charge of lying to federal agents
in early Oct. and is cooperating with authorities.
Jared Kushner
Husband of Ivanka Trump, the
president’s daughter, Kushner
played major role in leading
Trump’s campaign and is now a
White House senior adviser under investigation in Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
Rosneft
A Russian state-owned oil company that President Vladimir Putin reportedly uses to win geopolitical favor in places around the world to counter US influence internationally.
James Comey
The FBI director from 2013 until May 2017, when President Donald Trump fired him.
Rick Gates
A businessman and close associate of Paul Manafort
who was indicted on 12 counts, including committing conspiracy against the US, on October 30.
Michael Flynn
Trump's former national security adviser, while in office and during the campaign, who had to resign after failing to disclose contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.
Julian Assange
The founder of WikiLeaks, the whistleblower organization
that unveiled hacks into the Democratic National Committee’s emails during the 2016 election.
Sergey Kislyak
Russia’s former ambassador to the US, and a top spy recruiter who met with Trump in the Oval Office earlier this year, and with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 election.
Jeff Sessions
Trump's attorney general, who recused himself from overseeing the Russia investigation after failing to disclose contact he had with Russian diplomats during the 2016 election.
John Podesta
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential
campaign chairman.
Viktor Yunukovych
The former Russian-aligned president of Ukraine who was removed from office in 2014 and has ties with Trump’s former campaign manager,
Paul Manafort.
Paul Manafort
A former political consultant
and Trump campaign manager,
who was indicted on 12 counts October 30, including committing conspiracy against the US.
Roger Stone
A political consultant, former associate with Paul Manafort, and trusted adviser of President Donald Trump.
Igor Sechin
A longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Russian deputy prime minister, who met with Trump campaign surrogates during the 2016 election.
Donald McGahn
Chief White House counsel.
John Dowd
Trump’s personal defense lawyer.
KT McFarland
Former Fox News host and Trump supporter who served as deputy national security adviser, before stepping down and being nominated for US ambassador to Singapore.
Carter Page
Former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, who FBI investigators monitored and questioned for coordinating with Russia during the 2016 election.
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WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. to let it publish his emails with Goldstone about the Trump Tower meeting.
Papadopoulos
is arrested.
The FBI raids Manafort's
home.
WaPo reports Trump dictated Trump Jr.’s misleading
Russia meeting statement.
Kushner
testifies at Senate intel committee
and tells reporters he did not collude with Russia.
NYT reports Trump Jr. was
told info he'd get at meeting was part of Russia
support for
McFarland
tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee she doesn’t know of any contacts
WaPo reports Trump asked advisers if he could pardon aides, family,
and himself.
Sekulow
reiterates to
NBC that Trump was not involved in the misleading statement.
NYT reports Trump Jr. took meeting because Veselnitskaya promised dirt
on Clinton
NYT reports on Trump Jr.’s June '16 RUS. meeting. He says it was on RUS. adoptions, not on campaign.
Trump and
Putin meet for the first time on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg.
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Trump tells
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in part because
of “this Russia thing.”
Dep. AG Rod Rosenstein appoints former FBI director Robert Mueller special counsel.
Trump meets
with Kislyak and Lavrov in the Oval Office and dis-closes top-secret information
Trump fires
Comey. White House says from how he handled
the Clinton email investigation.
Trump says Comey was
“the best thing” that happened
to Clinton.
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FEB/MAR 2017
Papadopoulos
stops using
his cell phone number and
gets a new one.
Papadopoulos deactivates
his Facebook account.
Michael Flynn resigns as
the National Security Adviser.
Comey confirms existence of investigation
into Trump-Russia ties.
Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia probes.
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JANUARY 2017
Trump writes
on Twitter that
a strong US-RUS relationship is
“a good thing.”
Clapper
releases an unclassified
report confirming RUS. interfered in election to help
Trump says he has “nothing to do with Russia
— no deals, no loans, nothing!”
Sessions says under oath he had no contacts with RUS. Trump calls published dossier fake news.
The FBI interviews
Flynn as part
of its Russia investigation.
Papadopoulos makes false statements to
the FBI about his Russian contacts.
Sally Yates warns White House Flynn
could be subject
to Russian blackmail.
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In early December, Kushner meets with Sergey Gorkov.
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Rosneft signs deal selling 19.5% of its shares to unknown buyers.
Flynn calls
Kislyak to talk sanctions.
Obama issues new sanctions against Russia.
WikiLeaks tells Trump Jr. it'd be “helpful” if Trump asked Australia to appoint Assange ambassador to US.
Putin announces that Russia won’t retaliate against new sanctions.
Page travels
to Moscow
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Trump names Flynn national security adviser,
despite Obama
warning him against it Nov. 10.
Russia's
deputy foreign minister tells Russian media there were
Trump-Russia
RUS. parliament applauds after Trump wins the election. Wiki-
Leaks messages Trump Jr. "Wow."
WikiLeaks tells Trump Jr. that if Trump lost, it would be "more interesting” if he didn’t concede
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"Buyer's remorse set in” among Russian officials.
WikiLeaks
asks Trump Jr. for Trump’s tax returns, arguing that leaking the returns will
Trump Jr. tweets out the link WikiLeaks sent him on Oct. 12.
WikiLeaks
suggests to
Trump Jr. that Trump tweet a
link helping users search hacked
Obama accuses Russia of hacks.
WikiLeaks publishes first batch of hacked Podesta emails.
Roger Stone tweets: "Wednesday
@HillaryClinton is done. #WikiLeaks."
WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. to
share story about Clinton criticizing Assange. Trump Jr. replies that
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Kremlin confirms that Kislyak
knew of Russian interference in US election.
Carter Page takes “leave of absence” from the campaign.
WikiLeaks tells Trump Jr. about anti-Trump site.
He tells Bannon, Conway, Parscale, Kushner, & Hicks.
Yahoo reports that Carter Page met with
Igor Sechin
in Moscow.
Jeff Sessions and Kislyak meet privately in Sessions’ office.
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AUGUST 2016
NYT publishes report on Manafort’s Ukraine payments.
Roger Stone
tells several FL. Republicans
that he has “communicated with Assange.”
Trump camp-
aign supervisor encourages Papadopoulos to go on Russia trip “if it is feasible.”
Roger Stone tweets that Podesta will “soon” be targeted.
Manafort
resigns from
the Trump campaign.
Roger Stone begins speaking to Guccifer 2.0 on Twitter.
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JULY 2016
Sessions
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Intelligence officials tell White
House they have “high confidence” that Russia is behind the hack.
The FBI announces it
is investigating
the DNC hack.
*Meeting occurred sometime during the week of July 18 and included Carter Page.
3 Trump cam-
paign advisers* meet with Kislyak and tell him they hope US-RUS relations improve.
Amendment to GOP’s Ukraine policy is unexpectedly watered down.
Kremlin weighs whether to release more
info about Clinton.
Trump agrees to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue.
Igor Sechin
and Carter Page have a secret meeting.
Trump asks Russian hackers to find 30,000 Clinton emails.
WikiLeaks publishes first hacked DNC emails.
Carter Page travels to Moscow to
give a speech.
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JUNE 2016
Trump Jr., Manafort, and Kushner meet with Natalia Veselnitskaya
at Trump Tower.
Campaign
officials say Trump won't go
to Russia & that someone “low level” should
Papadopoulos offers to make an “off the record” trip to Moscow if Trump can’t go.
The DNC announces that Russian hackers have breached its network.
Trump/Clinton are presumptive nominees. Trump says he'll give a “major speech” about Clintons.
Rob Goldstone emails Trump Jr. about meeting a Russian lawyer offering dirt on Clinton as
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James Clapper acknowledges “indications" of cyberattacks targeting Preside-
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Papadopoulos tells the “high-ranking” cam-
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RUS. is “eager” to meet with Trump.
Papadopoulos emails a high-ranking campaign official to say RUS gov't is interested in hosting Trump.
Papadopoulos talks to cam-paign official
on phone and forwards the official the email.
Person connected to Russia emails Papadopoulos saying their colleagues
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Papadopoulos emails Miller that Putin wanted to invite the Trump campaign to Moscow
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RUS officials
claim to have “thousands” of Clinton emails.
Mifsud introduces Papadopoulos
to an unidentified person with Russia ties
Papadopoulos emails Stephen Miller that Russia has extended an “open invitation” to Trump.
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Papadopoulos meets with Mifsud and a "female Russian national" who says they want
Russian hackers break into the account of Billy Rinehart.
Trump meets
with national security advisers, including Papadopoulos.
Trump brings
Paul Manafort onto the campaign to manage delegate operations.
Trump tells
WaPo that Papadopoulos
is working on
his campaign.
Russian hackers steal John Podesta's
emails.
Papadopoulos meets with Joseph Mifsud, who claimed to have Russian connections.
George Papadopoulos
is named one of
5 foreign-policy advisers to the Trump
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