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Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election · 2019

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  1. 26 2/ 11/ 15 Email, [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E), (b) (3)] (email and attachment).
  2. 27 4/8/ 15 Email, [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E), (b) (3)] (email and attachment).
  3. 28 The term "troll" refers to internet users-in this context, paid operatives- who post inflammatory or otherwise dismptive content on social media or other websites. Internal IRA Chart Outlining Structure (Translated from Russian)
  4. 62 Social Media Influence in the 2016 U.S. Election, Hearing Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 115th Cong. 13 (I 1/1/17) (testimony of Colin Stretch, General Counsel of Facebook).
  5. 66 4/ 10/ 14 Email, [Redacted: (b) (3), (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)] (attachment).
  6. 67 Other individualized accounts included @MissouriNewsUS (an account with 3,800 followers that posted pro-Sanders and anti-Clinton material).
  7. 79 Eli Rosenberg, Twitter to Tell 677,000 Users they Were Had by the Russians. Some Signs Show the Problem Continues, Washington Post (Jan. 19, 2019).
  8. 97 @ElicTrnmp 10/20/ 16 Tweet ("RT @TEN_GOP: BREAKING Hilla1y shuts down press conference when asked about DNC Operatives com1ption & #VoterFraud #debatenight #TnunpB").
  9. 102 @TEN_GOP 11/6/16 Tweet ("Mother of jailed sailor: 'Hold Hilla1y to same stai1dards as my son on classified info #hilla1yemail #WeinerGate. "').
  10. 104 @realDonaldTnllllp 9/19/17 (7:33 p.m.) Tweet ("THANK YOU for your support Miami! My team just shared photos from your TRUMP SIGN WAVING DAY, yesterday! I love you-and there is no question - TOGETHER, WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!").
  11. 105 8/23/16 Facebook Message, ID 100009922908461 (Matt Skiber) to ID
  12. 107 See, e.g. , 8/16/16 Email, joshmilton024@gmail.com tc mrr----!donaldtnnnp.com (asking for /Pence signs for Florida rally); 8/18/16 Email, joshmilton024@gmail.com to @donaldtmmp.com (a. ~ . for Tmmp/Pence signs for Florida rally); 8/12/16 Email, •J ton024@gmail.com to · · · @donaldtmmp.com (asking for "contact phone numbers for Tmmp Campaign affiliates" in various Fonda cities and signs).
  13. 108 8/15/16 Email,.U..WiiWIIIJil!.6111.Q~ locations to the "Flori a Goes Tmmp," 1st ; 8 16/16 Email, to joshmilton024@gmail.com (voluntee1ing to send an email blast to followers .
  14. 126 In connection with these intrnsions, the GRU used computers (virtual private networks, dedicated servers operated by hosting companies, etc.) that it leased from third-party providers located all •••Iii over the world. The investi ation identified rental a ·eements and payments for computers located in, inter alia, ~IIMIMiii targetrng t e U.S . e ectron. all of which were used in the operations
  15. 128 Netyksho Indictment ,i 24(c).
  16. 129 Netyksho Indictment ,i 24(b).
  17. 130 Netyksho Indictment ff 27-29; [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)]
  18. 131 [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)] - See SM-2589105-GJ, sena 649. As pa1t o its mvestigation, e FBI ater receive se1vers and copies ofrelevant traffic logs. Netyksho Indictment ,i,i 28-29.
  19. 136 Netyksho Indictment ,r 29. The last-in-time DNC email released by WikiLeaks was dated May 25, 2016, the same pe1iod of time during which the GRU gained access to the DNC's email se1ver. Netyksho Indictment ,r 45.
  20. 140 See, e.g., Internet Archive, "h s://dcleaks.com/" archive date Nov. 10, 2016). Additionally, DCLeaks released documents relating to.aiiJl:.Uili ~ - - ~ , emails belonging tofflfWlfflllif!! and emails from 2015 re atmg to Repu can Party emp oyees un er the portfolio name "T e Urute States Republican Patty"). "The United States Republican Paity" po1tfolio contained approximately 300 emails from a variety of GOP members, PACs, campaigns, state paities, and businesses dated between May and October 2015. According to open-source reporting, these victims shared the same Tennessee-based web-hosting company, called Smartech Corporation. William Bastone, RNC E-Mail Was, In Fact, Hacked By Russians, The Smoking Gun (Dec. 13, 2016).
  21. 147 Releases of documents on the Guccifer 2.0 blog occU1Ted on June 15, 2016; June 20, 2016; June 21 , 2016; July 6, 2016; July 14, 2016; August 12, 2016; August 15, 2016; August 21, 2016; August 31, 2016; September 15, 2016; September 23, 2016; October 4, 2016; and October 18, 2016. 1ccifer20@aol.fr to [Redacted: (b) (6), (b) (7)(C)] (subject "leaked emails") ; ■ project").
  22. 153 Netyksho Indictment ,i 43(c).
  23. 163 SCR015_000199 (2/15/17 Draft Memorandum to file from the Office of the Counsel to the President); McGahn 11/30/17 302, at 8; Yates 8/15/17 302, at 8.
  24. 164 See SM-2589105-DCLEAKS, serial 28 (analysis).
  25. 165 6/27/ 16 Twitter DM, @Guccifer_2 to @WikiLeaks.
  26. 166 7/ 18/ 16 Twitter DM, @Guccifer_2 & @WikiLeaks.
  27. 167 "DNC Email Archive," WikiLeaks (Jul. 22, 2016), available at https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails.
  28. 173 When WikiLeaks saved attachments separately from the stolen emails, its computer system appears to have treated each attachment as a new file and given it a new creation date. See SM-2284941, se1ials 63 & 64.
  29. 175 Ellen Nakashima et al., A German Hacker Offers a Rare Look Inside the Secretive World of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, Washington Post (Jan. 17, 2018).
  30. 181 See Assange: "Murdered DNC Staffer Was 'Potential ' WikiLeaks Source, " Fox News (Aug. 25, 2016)(containing video of Assange interview by Megyn Kelly).
  31. 182 M. Raju & Z. Cohen, A GOP Congressman 's Lonely Ques t Defending Julian Assange, CNN (May 23, 2018).
  32. 185 Netyksho Indictment ,i 34; see also SM-2589105-HACK, serial 29 [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)]
  33. 186 Netyksho Indictment ,i 69.
  34. 187 Netyksho Indictment ,i 69; see also U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Analysis Repo1t #AR-17-20045, "Enhanced Analysis of Griuly Steppe Activity," Feb. 10, 2017 (summarizing analysis of malicious GRU cyber activity). -
  35. 188 [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)]
  36. 214 7/25/ 16 Email, Corsi to Malloch.
  37. 215 Corsi 10/31/18 302, at 4.
  38. 216 Corsi 9/6/ 18 302, at 5.
  39. 217 7/31/ 16 Email, Stone to Corsi.
  40. 218 Malloch denied ever communicating with Assange orWikiLe est to contact Assange because he believed he had no connectio
  41. 219 8/2/ 16 Email, Corsi to Stone.
  42. 220 At the August 8, 2016 event, Stone stated, "I actually have communicated with Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pe1tain to the Clinton Foundation, but there's no telling what the October surprise may be." "Roger Stone at the Southwest Broward Republican Organization," YouTube Channel "Stone Cold Trnth," Posted 8/ 10/ 16, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=6gM_cyROnto (sta1ting at 46:50). On August 16, 2016, Stone stated during an inte1view, "I had communicated with Mr. Assange," then adding, "I never said I met with him or that I spoke with him," but said "we have a mutual acquaintance who is a fine gentleman." "Roger Stone Discusses the Future Plans of WikiLeaks," YouTube Channel TheBlaze, Posted 8/16/ 16, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_ continue= 18&v=HfrzKmeXsrl (starting at 0:00).
  43. 221 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  44. 253 9/20/ 16 Twitter DM, @WikiLeaks to @DonaldJT111mpJr.
  45. 254 TRUMPORG_28_000629-33 (9/21/16 Email, T111mp Jr. to Conway et al. (subject "Wikileaks")).
  46. 259 @DonaldJT111mpJr 10/ 14/ 16 (6:34 a.m.) Tweet.
  47. 271 12/3/ 15 Email, Smith to Szobocsan & Safron. 2n Szobocsan 3/29/ 18 302, at 1.
  48. 274 8/28/ 16 Email, Smith to Smith. Incorporation papers of KLS Research LLC, 7/26/17 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  49. 279 York 7/ 13/ 17 302 (attachment KLS Reseai·ch, LLC, "Clinton Email Reconnaissance Initiative," Sept. 9, 2016).
  50. 328 11/3/15 Email, Sater to Cohen (12:40 p.m.).
  51. 329 Cohen 9/12/18 302, at 3-4; Cohen 8/7/18 302, at 15.
  52. 330 [Redacted: (b) (3)] Sater 12/15/17 302, at 2.
  53. 331 Sater 12/15/17 302, at 3-4.
  54. 332 10/12/15 Email, Sater to Cohen (8:07 a.m.).
  55. 333 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  56. 334 Ivanka Tmmp received an email from a woman who identified herself as "Lana E. Alexander," which said in prut, "If you ask anyone who knows Russian to google my husband Dmitiy Klokov, you'll see who he is close to and that he has done Putin's political campaigns." 11/16/ 15 Email, Erchova to I. Tmmp.
  57. 359 Toll records show that Sater was speaking to Evgeny Dvoskin. Call Records of Felix Sater [Redacted: (b) (3)] Dvoskin is an executive of Genbank, a large bank with lending focused in Crimea, Ukraine. At the time that Sater provided this financing letter to Cohen, Genbank was subject to U.S. government sanctions, see Russia/Ukraine-related Sanctions and Identifications, Office of Foreign Assets Control (Dec. 22, 2015), available at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC- Enforcement/Pages/20151222.aspx. Dvoskin, who had been deported from the United States in 2000 for criminal activity, was under indictment in the United States for stock fraud under the aliases Eugene Slusker and Gene Shustar. See United States v. Rizzo, et al., 2:03-cr-63 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 6, 2003).
  58. 430 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  59. 431 3/24/ 16 Email , Clovis to Papadopoulos et al. (8:55:04 a.m.).
  60. 432 Papadopoulos 8/ 10/ 17 302, at 4 ; Papadopoulos 8/ 11/ 17 302, at 3.
  61. 494 See footnote 465 of Volume I, Section IV.A.2.d, supra.
  62. 499 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  63. 501 7/ 15/ 16 Linkedln Message, Millian to Papadopoulos.
  64. 502 7/22/ 16 Facebook Message, Papadopoulos to Timofeev (7:40:23 p.m.); 7/26/ 16 Facebook Message, Papadopoulos to Timofeev (3:08:57 p.m.).
  65. 503 7/23/ 16 Facebook Message, Timofeev to Papadopoulos (4:31 :37 a.m.); 7/26/ 16 Facebook Message, Timofeev to Papadopoulos (3:37: 16 p.m.).
  66. 522 Page 3/30/ 17 302, at 10; [Redacted: (b) (3)] 523 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 524 [Redacted: (b) (3)] Complaint ,i,i 22, 24, 32, United States v. Buryakov, 1:15- mj -215 (S . "Buryakov Complaint").
  67. 526 Buryakov Complaint ,i 34.
  68. 527 Buryakov Complaint ,i 34.
  69. 528 Buryakov Complaint ,i 32.
  70. 529 Pliebus 1/18/ 18 302, at 12; Bannon 2/14/ 18 302, at 10. In October 2011 , Mueller resigned his family's membership from Tmmp National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, in a letter that noted that "we live in the District and find that we are unable to make full use of the Club" and that inquired "whether we would be entitled to a refund of a poition of our initial membership fee ," which was paid in 1994. 10/ 12/ 11 Letter, Muellers to Tmmp National Golf Club. About two weeks later, the controller of the club responded that the Muellers' resignation would be effective October 31, 2011 , and that they would be "placed on a waitlist to be refunded on a first resigned / first refunded basis" in accordance with the club's legal documents. 10/27/11 Letter, Muellers to Trump National Golf Club. The Muellers have not had further contact with the club.
  71. 536 Page 3/16/17 302, at 4; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  72. 545 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  73. 547 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  74. 569 Page 3/16/17 302, at 3.
  75. 570 s. Weber 7/28/17 302, at 4.
  76. 571 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 5 n Page 3/10/17 302, at 3; Page 3/30/17 302, at 3; Page 3/31/17 302, at 2.
  77. 573 Page 3/30/17 302, at 3.
  78. 594 McGahn 12/14/17 302, at 10; Call Records of Don McGahn; McGahn 2/28/19 302, at 3-4; Priebus 4/3/18 302, at 6-7.
  79. 595 Advisory Counsel, CNI, available at https://web.archive.org/web/20161030025331/ http://cftni.org/about/adviso1y-council/; Simes 3/8/ 18 302, at 3-4; Saunders 2/ 15/18 302, at 4; Sessions 1/ 17/ 18 302, at 16.
  80. 596 Simes 3/8/ 18 302, at 2.
  81. 605 Lewandowski 4/6/ 18 302, at 2.
  82. 607 Lewandowski 4/6/ 18 302, at 2.
  83. 610 Lewandowski 4/6/ 18 302, at 3; Lewandowski 6/ 19/ 17 Notes, at 3.
  84. 654 C00007981-84 (8/9/16 Email, Simes to Kushner (6:09:21 p.m.)). The memorandum recommended "downplaying Russia as a U.S. foreign policy p1iority at this time" and suggested that "some tend to exaggerate Putin' s flaws." The memorandum also recommended approaching general Russian­ related questions in the framework of "how to work with Russia to advance impo1tant U.S. national interests" and that a Tmmp Administration "not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy." The memorandum did not discuss sanctions but did address how to handle Ukraine-related questions, including questions about Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea.
  85. 657 DJTFP00023484 (8/11/16 Email, Hagan to Manafo1t (5:57:15 p.m.)).
  86. 659 Simes 3/8/18 302, at 30; Simes 3/27/ 18 302, at 6.
  87. 662 Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 12.
  88. 693 at 2-3; 693 Kaveladze 11/ 16/ 17 302, at 6.
  89. 711 Interview of Donald J. Trump, Jr., Senate Judiciary Committee, 115th Cong. 28-29, 84, 94-95 (Sept. 7, 2017). The Senate Judicia1y Committee inte1view was not under oath, but Tmmp Jr. was advised that it is a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 to make materially false statements in a congressional investigation. Id. at 10-11.
  90. 712 Manafo1t 9/ 11/18 302, at 3-4; Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 10.
  91. 713 Written Responses of Donald J. Tmmp (Nov. 20, 2018), at 8 (Response to Question I , Pruts (a)­ (c)). We considered whether one sequence ofevents suggested that candidate Tmmp had contemporaneous knowledge of the June 9 meeting. On June 7, 2016 Tmmp announced his intention to give "a major speech" "probably Monday of next week"- which would have been June 13- about "all of the things that have taken place with the Clintons." See, e.g. , Phillip Bump, What we know about the Trump Tower meeting , Washington Post (Aug. 7, 2018). Following the June 9 meeting, Tmmp changed the subject ofhis planned speech to national secmity. But the Office did not find evidence that the original idea for the speech was connected to the anticipated June 9 meeting or that the change of topic was attributable to the failure of that meeting to produce concrete evidence about Clinton. Other events, such as the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, could well have caused the change. The President's written answers to our questions state that the speech's focus was altered "[i]n light of' the Pulse nightclub shooting. See W1itten Responses, supra. As for the 01iginal topic of the June 13 speech, Tmmp has said that "he expected to give a speech referencing the publicly available, negative info1mation about the Clintons," and that the draft of the speech prepru·ed by Campaign staff "was based on publicly available material, including, in pa1t iculru·, info1m ation from the book Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer." Written Responses, supra. In a later June 22 speech, Tmmp did speak extensively about allegations that Clinton was conupt, drawing from the Clinton Cash book. See Full Transcript: Donald Tmmp NYC Sp eech on Stakes of the Election, politico.com (June 22, 2016).
  92. 714 Testimony ofNatalia Veselnitskaya Before the Senate Committee on Judiciruy (Nov. 20, 2017) at 41, 42; Alison Frankel, How Did Russian Lawyer Veselnitskaya Get into US. for Trump Tower Meeting ? Reuters, (Nov. 6, 2017); Michael Kranish et al., Russian Lawyer who Met with Trump Jr. Has Long History Fighting Sanctions, Washington Post (July 11, 2017); see OSC-KAV00l 13 (6/8/ 16 Email, Goldstone to Kaveladze); RG000073 (6/8/ 16 Email, Goldstone to Tmmp Jr.); Liebe1man 12/ 13/ 17 302, at 5; see also Prevezon Holdings Order (Oct. 17, 2016).
  93. 715 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  94. 716 Akhmetshin 11/ 14/ 17 302, at 4-6; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  95. 717 Kaveladze 11/16/ 17 302, at 7; Samochomov 7/ 13/ 17 302, at 2, 4;
  96. 718 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 11/ 16/ 17 302, at 7; • 1 12/17 302, at 4. In her later Se Veselnitskaya produced what she claimed were the talking points that she brought to the June 9 meeting. no [Redacted: (b) (3)] ni E.g., Samochomov 7/ 12/ 17 302, at 4. n2 E.g., Samochomov 7/ 12/ 17 302, at 4.
  97. 723 E.g., Samochomov 7/ 12/ 17 302, at 4; Goldstone 2/8/ 18 302, at 9. n4 [Redacted: (b) (3)] ns [Redacted: (b) (3)] [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  98. 746 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  99. 747 Kaveladze 11/16/ 17 302, at 8; Call Records of Ike Kaveladze [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  100. 748 Kaveladze 11/ 16/ 17 302, at 8; Call Records of Ike Kavela On June 14, 2016 Kaveladze's teenage daughter emailed asking how Kaveladze responded, "meeting was boring. The Russians · - KAV_ 00257 ( 6/ 14/ 16 Email, I. Kaveladze to A. Kaveladze;
  101. 750 OSC-KAV 00138 11/23/ 16 Email, Goldstone to Kaveladze); [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  102. 751 RG000196 (11/26-29/ 16 Text Messages, Goldstone & Kaveladze); [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  103. 761 RG000286-87 (7/9/17 Text Messages, E. Agalai·ov & Goldstone); [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  104. 766 [Redacted: (b) (7)(E)]
  105. 767 7/10/17 Email, Goldstone to Futerfas & Gruten.
  106. 768 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  107. 841 According to the President's written answers, he does not remember Manafo1t communicating to him any pa1ticular positions that Ukraine or Russia would want the United States to suppo1t. Written Responses of Donald J. Tmmp (Nov. 20, 2018), at 16-17 (Response to Question IV, Pait (d)).
  108. 842 Manafo1t made several false statements dming debriefings. Based on that conduct, the Office detemlined that Manafo1t had breached his plea agreement and could not be a cooperating witness. The judge presiding in Manafo1t's D.C. crinlinal case found by a preponderance of the evidence that Manafo1t intentionally made multiple false statements to the FBI, the Office, and the grand jmy concerning his interactions and communications with Kilimnik (and concerning two other issues). Although the repo1t refers at times to Manafo1t' s statements, it does so only when those statements are sufficiently con oborated to be tmstwo1thy, to identify issues on which Manafo1t's untmthful responses may themselves be of evidentiaiy value, or to provide Manafo1t's explanations for ce1t ain events, even when we were unable to detemline whether that explanation was credible.
  109. 859 Manafort 9/11/18 302, at 5.
  110. 869 van der Zwaan pleaded guilty in the U.S. Distiict CoUit for the Disti-ict of Columbia to making false statements to the Special Counsel's Office. Plea Agreement, United States v. Alex van der Zwaan, 1:18-cr-31 (D.D.C. Feb. 20, 2018), Doc. 8.
  111. 873 Gates 1/29/18 302, at 7-8; Manafo1t 9/11/18 302, at 1-2; Ban ack 12/12/17 302, at 3.
  112. 874 Ba1rnck 12/12/17 302, at 3; Gates 1/29/ 18 302, at 7-8.
  113. 875 Manafo1t 10/16/18 302, at 6.
  114. 876 Manafo1t 10/16/18 302, at 6.
  115. 886 Gates 2/2/ 18 302, at 12.
  116. 889 Gates 9/27/ 18 302, Pait II, at 2; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  117. 892 Gates 1/31/ 18 302, at 17.
  118. 894 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  119. 895 8/ 18/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Dirkse; 8/ 18/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Schultz; 8/ 18/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Marson; 7/27/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Ash; 8/ 18/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Ash; 8/ 18/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Jackson; 8/ 18/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Mendoza-Wilson; 8/ 19/ 16 Email, Kilimnik to Patten.
  120. 896 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  121. 902 Manafo1t 9/ 11/18 302, at 6.
  122. 914 7/29/16 Email, Kilimnik to Manafo1t (1 0:51 a.m.).
  123. 916 7/29/16 Email, Manafo1t to Kilimnik; [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)] [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  124. 917 7/29/16 Email, Manafo1t to Kilimnik.
  125. 918 7/31/16 Email, Manafo1t to Kilimnik.
  126. 922 The Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics, which are located in the Donbas region of Ukraine, declared themselves independent in response to the popular unrest in 2014 that removed President Yanukovych from power. Pro-Russian Ukrainian militia forces, with backing from the Russian milita1y, have occupied the region since 2014. Under the Yanukovych-backed plan, Russia would assist in withdrawing the militruy, and Donbas would become an autonomous region within Ukraine with its own
  127. 924 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  128. 925 Manafo1t 9/ 11/18 302, at 4.
  129. 926 Manafo1t 9/ 12/18 302, at 4.
  130. 927 [Redacted: (b) (3)] Manafo1t 9/ 11/ 18 302, at 5; Manafo1t 9/ 12/18 302, at 4.
  131. 928 Manafo1t 9/ 12/ 18 302, at 4; [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)]
  132. 929 Documentaiy evidence c 01wai·ding email from Manafo1t); 2/21/18 Email, Manafo1t to Ward & Fab1izio.
  133. 930 Manafo1t 9/ 11/18 302, at 5. 93 1 Gates 1/30/ 18 302, at 3, 5. 932 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  134. 940 Kalashnikova 5/ 17/ 18 302, at 4; Ga1y Lee, Soviet Embassy's Identity Crisis, Washington Post (Dec. 20, 1991); Georgy S. Oganov Executive Profile & Biography , Bloomberg (Mar. 12, 2019).
  135. 945 1/ 15/ 17 Email, Manafo1t, McFarland, & Flynn.
  136. 946 1/ 15/ 17 Email, Manafo1t, McFarland, & Flynn.
  137. 947 Manafo1t 9/ 11/18 302, at 7.
  138. 952 [Redacted: (b) (7)(A), (b) (7)(E)] 954 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 955 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  139. 957 Manafo1t 9/ 13/ 18 302, at 1.
  140. 958 ._.._ In resolving whether Manafo1t breached his cooperation p ea agreement y ymg to e O ice, t e 1strict comt found that Manafo1t lied about, among other things, his contacts with Kilimnik regarding the peace plan, including the meeting in Madrid. Manafort 2/ 13/ 19 Transc1ipt, at 29-31, 40.
  141. 989 Nader provided info1mation to the Office in multi le inte1views, all but one of which were conducted under a proffer agreement,- • " The investi ators also inte1viewed Prince un er a pro er agreement. Bannon was mte1v1ewe y e Office, under a proffer agreement.
  142. 990 Knill Dmitriev Biography, Russian Dfrect Investment Fund, available at https://rdif.rn/Eng_person_ dmitiiev_kirill/. See also Ove1view, Russian Dfrect Investment Fund, available at https://rdif.rn/Eng_ About/.
  143. 997 Nader 1/22/18 302, at 3; [Redacted: (b) (3)] 998 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  144. 1006 Prince 4/4/18 302, at 1, 3-4; Prince 5/3/18 302, at 2; Bannon 2/14/18 302, at 19-20; 10/18/16 Email, Prince to Bannon.
  145. 1008 Prince 4/4/18 302, at 5; Bannon 2/14/18 302, at 21.
  146. 1009 [Redacted: (b) (3)] INader 1/22/18 302, at 5-6; - lOll [Redacted: (b) (3), (b) (7)(E)] I ' , '. b) (3), [Redacted: (b) (7)(E)] __, [Redacted: (b) (3), (b) (7)(E)] , [Redacted: (b) (3), (b) (7)(E)] I
  147. 1015 [Redacted: (b) (3), (b) (7)(E)]
  148. 1015 Cohen, 10/ 17/ 18 302, at 11.
  149. 1028 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  150. 1029 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  151. 1033 12/8/ 16 Text Message, Dmitriev to Nader (12:10:31 a.m.); 12/8/ 16 Text Message, Dmitii ev to Nader (12:10:57 a.m.).
  152. 1034 Prince 4/4/ 18 302, at 8.
  153. 1036 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  154. 1037 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  155. 1038 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  156. 1039 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  157. 1042 1/4/ 17 Text Messages, Dmitriev to Nader (7:25-7:29 a.m.)
  158. 1043 1/4/ 17 Text Messages, Nader to Prince.
  159. 1044 1/4/ 17 Text Messages, Nader to Prince; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  160. 1047 Cell-site location data for Prince's mobile phone (authorized pursuant to SW 18-sc-409).
  161. 1048 Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 3.
  162. 1049 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  163. 1051 1/8/ 17 Text Messages, Nader to Dmitriev (6:05 - 6:10 p.m.).
  164. 1052 1/8/ 17 Text Messages, Nader & Dmitriev (6:10 - 7:27 p.m.).
  165. 1055 1/9/ 17 Text Message, Nader to Dmitriev (2:12:56 p.m.); Nader 1/ 19/ 18 302, at 13; - [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  166. 1057 Bannon 2/ 14/ 18 302, at 25-26.
  167. 1059 l /7/ 17 Email, Kasbo to Prince.
  168. 1061 Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 4; [Redacted: (b) (3)] 1062 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 1063 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  169. 1064 Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 4. 1065 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  170. 1066 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  171. 1067 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  172. 1068 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  173. 1069 Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 4-5.
  174. 1070 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 1011 Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 4; [Redacted: (b) (3)] 1072 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  175. 1074 Nader 1/22/18 302, at 14; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  176. 1075 [Redacted: (b) (3)] 1/ 11/ 17 Text Messages, Dmitriev & Nader (9:13:54 - 10:24:25 p.m , owever, eme t at an reca e t at e was ma g ese remai· s to Dmitnev not m an o 1cia capacity for the transition but based on his experience as a fo1mer naval officer. Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 4.
  177. 1077 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  178. 1083 Prince 4/4/ 18 302, at 10; Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 4; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  179. 1086 Pt·ince 4/4/ 18 302, at 11; Prince 5/3/ 18 302, at 5.
  180. 1118 1/18/17 Text Message, Gerson to Dmitriev; Gerson 6/15/18 302, at 2.
  181. 1174 Burt 2/9/18 302, at 5.
  182. 1187 Burt 2/9/18 302, at 3-4.
  183. 1188 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  184. 1190 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  185. 1191 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  186. 1194 Aven 8/2/18 302, at 8; [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  187. 1195 Page 3/10/ 17 302, at 4; Page 3/ 16/ 17 302, at 3; ~ ~ Among other meetings, Page contacted Andrey Baranov, head of· iscussed the sale of Rosneft and meetings Baranov had attended with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. •
  188. 1196 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  189. 1202 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  190. 1203 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  191. 1204 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  192. 1205 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  193. 1206 [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  194. 1225 Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 5; Flynn 1/ 19/ 18 302, at l ; McFarland 11/22/ 17 302, at 3-9.
  195. 1227 Christine Wang, US to announce new sanctions against Russia in response to election hacking, CNBC (Dec. 28, 201 6).
  196. 1231 Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 2-3; McFarland 12/22/ 17 302, at 4-5.
  197. 1232 12/29/ 16 Email, McFarland to O' Brien et al.; 12/29/ 16 Email, McFarland to Flynn et al.
  198. 1234 Call Records ofK.T. McFarland [Redacted: (b) (3)]
  199. 1235 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 5-6.
  200. 1236 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 5-6.
  201. 1238 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 6.
  202. 1239 SF00000l (12/29/ 16 Text Message, Flynn to Flaherty).
  203. 1240 SF00000l (12/29/ 16 Text Message, Flynn to Flaherty).
  204. 1241 Flynn 11/20/ 17 302, at 3.
  205. 1242 Michael Ledeen is manied to Barbara Ledeen, the Senate staffer whose 2016 effo1t s to locate Hilla1y Clinton 's missing emails are described in Volwne I, Section III.D.2, supra.
  206. 1243 Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 3; Call Records ofMichael Ledeen [Redacted: (b) (3)] 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 3-4; Flynn Statement ofOffense ; t _ , ~ Call Records of Michael T. Flynn
  207. 1245 Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 3-4
  208. 1247 Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 4; McFarland 12/22/ 17 302, at 6-7.
  209. 1262 Comment by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on recent US sanctions and the exp ulsion of Russian diplomats, Moscow, December 20, 2016, The Ministiy ofForeign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Dec. 30, 2016 (5:32 a.m.)).
  210. 1263 Statement of the President of the Russian Federation, Kremlin, Office of the President (Dec. 30, 2016 (7:15 a.m.)).
  211. 1264 @rea1DonaldTmmp 12/30/ 16 (11:41 a.m.) Tweet.
  212. 1265 12/30/ 16 Email, Flynn to McFarland; 12/30/ 16 Email, McFarland to Kushner et al.
  213. 1266 12/30/ 16 Email, McFarland to Kushner et al.
  214. 1267 Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 4.
  215. 1268 Call Records of Michael T. Flynnf;in'tl~~ Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 1; Flynn 1/ 19/ 17 302, at 3; Flynn Statement of 0
  216. 1269 Call Records of Michael T. Flynn [Redacted: (b) (3)] Flynn 11/ 17/ 17 302, at 5; Flynn 1/ 19/ 17 302, at 3; McFarland 12/22/ 17 302, at 10.
  217. 1270 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 10.
  218. 1272 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 10.
  219. 1273 Flynn 11/ 17/ l 7 302, at 5-6.
  220. 1274 Flynn 11/21/ 17 302, at l ; Flynn 11/20/ 17 302, at 3; Flynn 1/ 19/ 17 302, at 5; Flynn Statement of Offense ,i 3(h).
  221. 38 Donald Trump News Conference, Doral, Florida, C-SPAN (July 27, 2016).
  222. 523 Hunt-000051 (Hunt 5/ 18/ 17 Notes).
  223. 1014 Remarks by President Tmmp Before Meeting with Senior Milita1y Leadership, White House (Apr. 9, 2018).
  224. 1019 Cohen 9/ 12/ 18 302, at 11. °Cohen 9/ 12/ 18 302, at 11. 102
  225. 1021 Cohen 9/ 12/ 18 302, at 11.
  226. 1022 4/17/ 18 Email, Citron to Cohen; 4/ 19/ 18 Email, Costello to Cohen; MC-SCO-001 (7/7/ 18 redacted billing statement from Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron to Cohen).
  227. 1023 4/21/ 18 Email, Costello to Cohen.
  228. 1024 See Maggie Habennan et al., Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore., New York Times (Apr. 20, 2018).