Confirmed events
Allegations from the Dossier
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Significant, confirmed events
Hope Hicks
Trump campaign spokes-
person and current White
House communications
director.
Brad Parscale
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 cam-
paign 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.
Jay Sekulow
One of Donald Trump’s personal defense lawyers.
Sergey Gorkov
The head of Vnesheconombank, a US-sanctioned Russian bank. Gorkov is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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.
Devin Nunes
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Sally Yates
The former acting attorney general. Trump fired Yates in January, when she refused to defend the initial travel ban.
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 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.
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.
John Dowd
Trump’s personal defense lawyer.
Donald McGahn
Chief White House counsel.
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 cam-
paign, 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 over-
seeing 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.
Carter Page
Former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, who FBI investigators monitored and questioned for coordinating with Russia during the 2016 election.
DECEMBER 2017
DECEMBER 2017
2
Mueller withdraws support for
Manafort bail agreement after Manafort failed to disclose an op-ed about Ukraine lobbying work
2
Dowd claims he authored Trump’s
tweet about Flynn lying to the FBI.
2
Trump sends tweet indicating he knew Flynn lied to the FBI when he fired him.
1
Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI agents about Russia contacts.
Mueller interviews McGahn.
NOVEMBER 2017
30
Manafort agrees to pay $11 million
bail to lift his house arrest.
20
Mueller’s team says Gates’ lawyer has
a conflict of interest because he was Manafort’s former business partner.
16
Senate Judiciary Committee says Kushner didn’t turn over emails about “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” to Trump campaign officials.
14
Sessions tells House Judiciary Committee he “never lied” when he
said he was unaware of contacts between Trump campaign and Russia.
12
Clapper says he didn’t know about Papadopoulos contacts/Trump Tower meeting when he said there was no Russia collusion.
11
Trump says Putin insists he didn’t interfere in the 2016 election.
NOVEMBER 2017
5
“Paradise Papers” reveal Russia invested millions into Twitter/ Facebook through a Kushner associate.
5
NBC News reports Mueller has enough evidence to indict Flynn and his son.
4
Trump says Manafort was let go from campaign because of conflicts with “certain nations.”
2
Page confirms key parts of the Steele dossier to the House intel committee.
OCTOBER 2017
OCTOBER 2017
30
Paul Manafort and Rick Gates
surrender to federal agents.
27
CNN reports Mueller’s team has filed the first charges in RUS. investigation.
24
WaPo reports Clinton and DNC partly funded research that led to the Steele dossier.
5
Papadopoulos pleads guilty to one count of lying to federal agents about contacts with Russians.
SEPTEMBER 2017
SEPTEMBER 2017
26
Stone testifies before the House intel committee. He tells reporters he believes DNC hack was an “inside job.”
15
WSJ reports Facebook gave Mueller info about Russia activity on its platform during the campaign.
8
WaPo reports Mueller is
interviewing Trump aides who witnessed to events he’s investigating.
AUGUST 2017
31
State Department orders closure of three Russian diplomatic facilities after Putin expels 755 US diplomats.
11
Trump signs a bill imposing sanctions on Russia into law.
JULY 2017
JULY 2017
31
WaPo reports Trump asked advisers
if he could pardon aides, family, and himself.
27
Papadopoulos is arrested.
26
The FBI raids Manafort's home.
24
Kushner testifies before the Senate
intel committee. He tells reporters
that he did not collude with Russia.
20
McFarland tells Sen. Foreign Relations Committee she doesn’t know of any contacts between Flynn and Kislyak
21
WaPo reports Trump dictated
Trump Jr.’s misleading statement.
12
Jay Sekulow says Trump was “not involved in the statement drafting at all.”
11
WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. to let it publish his emails with Goldstone
about the Trump Tower meeting.
Trump Jr. posts the emails on Twitter.
9
NYT reports Trump Jr. took meeting because Veselnitskaya promised dirt on Clinton. He releases new statement admitting he took meeting for the dirt.
8
NYT reports on Trump Jr.’s June 2016 Russia meeting. He says it was on Russia adoptions, not on campaign.
7
Trump and Putin meet for the first time on sidelines of the G-20 summit.
JUNE 2017
8
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 2017
MAY 2017
17
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoints former FBI director Robert Mueller special counsel.
11
Trump tells NBC’s Lester Holt he fired Comey in part because of “this Russia thing.”
10
Trump meets with Kislyak and Lavrov in the Oval Office and discloses top-secret information.
9
Trump fires Comey. The White House says because of how he handled the Clinton email investigation.
5
Trump drafts a letter laying out why he wants to fire Comey but does not send it.
2
Trump says Comey was “the best thing” that happened to Clinton.
APRIL 2017
6
Devin Nunes recuses himself
after briefing the White House on classified intelligence without informing the House Intelligence Committee that he chairs.
MARCH 2017
23
Papadopoulos stops using his cell phone number and gets a new one.
20
Comey confirms existence of investigation into Trump-Russia ties.
2
Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia probes.
FEBRUARY 2017
17
Papadopoulos deactivates his
Facebook account.
13
Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser.
JANUARY 2017
JANUARY 2017
19
Papadopoulos makes false statements to the FBI about his Russian contacts.
19
Sally Yates warns White House Flynn could be subject to Russian blackmail.
19
The FBI interviews Flynn as part of
its Russia investigation.
19
The New York Times reports “intercepted communications” between Trump associates and Russians.
11
Trump says he has “nothing to do with Russia — no deals, no loans, nothing!”
10
Sessions says under oath that he had no contacts with Russia. Trump calls published dossier fake news.
7
Trump writes on Twitter that a strong US-Russia relationship is “a good thing.”
6
Clapper releases an unclassified report confirming Russia interfered in election to help Trump and harm Clinton.
DECEMBER 2016
16
WikiLeaks tells Trump Jr. it would be “real easy and helpful” if Trump asked Australia to appoint Assange ambassador to the US.
DECEMBER 2016
30
Putin announces that Russia won’t retaliate against new sanctions.
29
Obama issues new sanctions against Russia. Flynn calls Kislyak to talk about sanctions. McFarland emails colleague saying transition team should try to reassure Russia, which “has just thrown U.S.A. election to” Trump.
8
Page travels to Moscow to meet with “top managers” of Rosneft.
7
Rosneft signs deal selling 19.5% of
its shares to unknown buyers.
2
In early December, Kushner meets
with Sergey Gorkov.
1
Kushner asks Russian ambassador to set up a secret back channel between US and Russia.
NOVEMBER 2016
NOVEMBER 2016
18
Trump names Flynn national security adviser, despite Obama warning him against it November 10.
10
Russian department Foreign Minister
tells Russian media there were Trump-Russia contacts in campaign. Trump
team denies it.
9
RUS. parliament applauds after Trump wins the election. WikiLeaks messages Trump Jr. "Wow.”
8
WikiLeaks tells Trump Jr. if Trump loses, it would “be much more interesting” if he didn’t concede, and instead called the results rigged.
OCTOBER 2016
3
WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. to share a story about Clinton criticizing Assange. Trump Jr. replies that he did and asks WikiLeaks about an upcoming document dump Stone tweeted about earlier.
OCTOBER 2016
21
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.
14
Trump Jr. tweets link WikiLeaks sent
him on October 12.
13
"Buyer's remorse set in” among Russian officials.
12
WikiLeaks “strongly suggests” to Trump Jr. that Trump tweet out a link helping users search through hacked documents. Trump tweets about how the media isn’t covering “incredible information” dumped by WikiLeaks.
7
WikiLeaks publishes first batch of hacked Podesta emails. Obama accuses Russia of hacks.
2
Roger Stone tweets: "Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. #WikiLeaks."
SEPTEMBER 2016
20
WikiLeaks contacts Trump Jr. alerting him to an anti-Trump website. Trump Jr. replies that he’ll “ask around” about it, and informs Bannon, Conway, Parscale, Hicks, and Kushner about the exchange.
SEPTEMBER 2016
26
Carter Page takes “leave of absence” from the campaign.
23
Yahoo reports that Carter Page met with Igor Sechin in Moscow.
14
Kremlin confirms that Kislyak knew
of Russian interference in US election.
8
Jeff Sessions and Kislyak meet privately in Sessions’ office.
AUGUST 2016
AUGUST 2016
21
Roger Stone begins speaking to Guccifer 2.0 on Twitter.
19
Manafort resigns from Trump campaign.
15
Trump campaign supervisor encourages Papadopoulos to go
on Russia trip “if it is feasible.”
14
NYT publishes report on Manafort’s Ukraine payments.
12
Roger Stone tweets that Podesta
will “soon” be targeted.
8
Roger Stone tells several
Florida Republicans that he has “communicated with Assange.”
JULY 2016
JULY 2016
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Kremlin weighs whether to release more info about Clinton.
Trump asks Russian hackers to find 30,000 Clinton emails.
Intelligence officials tell the White House they have “high confidence” that Russia is behind the hack.
The FBI announces it is investigating
the DNC hack.
WikiLeaks publishes first hacked
DNC emails.
Sessions meets with Kislyak and
other ambassadors at an RNC event.
Trump agrees to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue.
Three Trump campaign advisers, including Page, meet with Kislyak
and tell him they hope to see improved US-Russia relations.
Amendment to GOP’s Ukraine policy
is unexpectedly watered down.
Igor Sechin and Carter Page have a secret meeting.
Carter Page travels to Moscow to
give a speech.
JUNE 2016
21
19
14
9
7
3
Campaign officials say Trump will
not travel to Russia and that someone “low level” should go instead, “so
as not to send any signal.”
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 Jr., Manafort, and Kushner meet with Natalia Veselnitskaya
at Trump Tower.
Trump and 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 part of Russia’s support for Trump. Trump Jr. replies, "I love it."
JUNE 2016
MAY 2016
21
Papadopoulos tells the “high-ranking” campaign official that Russia is “eager”
to meet with Trump.
18
James Clapper acknowledges “some indications” of cyberattacks targeting Presidential campaigns.
14
Papadopoulos emails a high-ranking campaign official to say the Russian government is interested in hosting Trump.
5
Papadopoulos talks to campaign official on phone and forwards the official the email.
4
Person connected to Russia emails Papadopoulos saying their colleagues
are “open for cooperation.” Papadopou-los asks high-ranking campaign official
if they want to move forward.
MAY 2016
APRIL 2016
27
Papadopoulos emails Miller that Putin wanted to invite the Trump campaign to Moscow “when the time is right.”
26
Mifsud tells Papadopoulos Russian officials claim to have “thousands”
of Clinton emails.
25
Papadopoulos emails Stephen Miller that Russia has extended an “open invitation” to Trump.
18
Mifsud introduces Papadopoulos to an unidentified person with Russia ties. They discuss setting up a Russia meeting with the Trump campaign.
APRIL 2016
22
Russian hackers break into the
account of Billy Rinehart.
24
Papadopoulos meets with Mifsud and
a "female Russian national," who say they want to arrange a meeting between Trump campaign and Russian leadership. Trump campaign supervisor tells Papadopoulos not to commit to the meeting, but says, "Great work."
31
Trump meets with national security advisers, including Papadopoulos.
28
Trump brings Paul Manafort onto
the campaign to manage delegate operations.
21
Trump tells the Washington Post that Papadopoulos is working on his campaign.
19
Russian hackers steal John Podesta's
emails.
14
Papadopoulos meets with Joseph Mifsud, who claimed to have Russian connections.
1
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 2016
MARCH 2016