2007-2013: Sometime in 2007, Manafort starts working for Deripaska who is the Richest Man in Russia. In 2007, Manafort and his partners established a private equity fund that would acquire Ukrainian firms and merge them into larger national entities. Manafort and his partners collected over $7 million in fees for managing this fund from firms controlled by Deripaska, according to a 2014 petition filed in the Cayman Islands, filed by Deripaska’s lawyers. In 2008, Deripaska transferred $18.9 million to the fund so  that it could purchase Black Sea Cable. From 2013 Deripaska court documents, Manafort apparently stole the money rather than buy the company.

Sometime in Jul, Russia establishes the Internet Research Agency LLC.

Sometime in May 2014, Russia sets eyes on throwing the 2016 Presidential campaign.

Verified: In court documents.

From 2014 to present, Russia with others conspire to defraud American elections by breaking Federal election laws. This started sometime in 2014 and it continues to this day. To this day, Trump refuses to make Russian election interference a priority. Why?

Verified: In court documents.

Russia attempts to hide the actions of it’s Internet Research Agency by creating additional entities including Internet Research, MediaSintez, GlavSet, MixInfo, Azimut, and NovInfo. These entities became the hub Russia used to carry out activities to interfere in the U.S. political system including the 2016 election. The funding came through Russian companies: Concord Management and Consulting LLS, and Concord Catering.

Verified: In court documents.

In March 2015 both Maria and Paul agreed to conspire with the Russian government making both of them Russian spies with contracts. Their covert operations would be directed by their handler Torshin for the Kremlin to affect politics in America. 

Open Question: Was Trump involved at this early date? If not, when? We know Trump used Cohen in Nov 2015 to signal willingness to Russia.

Verified: In court documents: Maria Butina’s court documents released Dec 13, 2018.

Trump announced at Trump Tower. Trump came down the escalator and gave a fiery speech.

In August 2015, Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, and David Pecker launch a CRIMINAL conspiracy to defraud the American voter. They agree to buy and hold any negative stories that come out about Trump.

Open Question: Did the 3 also conspire to run negative Hillary ads? If so, this would be illegal because of the in-kind requirement for media outlets.

Verified: In court documents.

Not illegal, but a bad act if you’re going to run for President. Very bad if you let it influence your decisions. Trump signed a letter of intent on Oct 28, 2015. He would spend his candidacy, transition, and 23 months in office denying it. During the campaign, Trump lied to his voters and said he had nothing to do with Russia. He said no one at Trump Org, or with the campaign has any business with Russia. That was a lie.

Verified: No longer in dispute. The document is now public. CNN’s Chris Cuomo uncovered the document and published it on Dec 19, 2018.

Trump conspired with Russia as early as Nov 2015 to Throw the 2016 Election for Trump in Exchange for Trump Tower Moscow. A Russian national who claimed ties to the Kremlin told Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, in November 2015 that Trump can rely on the Russian government for both Trump’s business and political prospects. They discussed synergy which is another word for collusion and conspiracy.

Verified: In court documents. Plus, on Dec 1, 2018, the Kremlin confirmed Cohen contacted the Kremlin twice to discuss the Trump Tower Moscow project during this time period.

We know that Russian spies decided on a strategy for interfering with the election online on this date. Russia’s strategy included the following hashtags: #Trump2016, #TrumpTrain, #MAGA, #IWontProtectHillary, and #Hillary4Prison. They also created accounts dedicated to “March for Trump”, “Trumpsters United”, and “Clinton FRAUDation.”

Verified: In court documents.

On Mar 28, Manafort Becomes campaign manager.

Apr-Nov: Russia concealed their identity and bought online ads on social media and other websites advocating for Trump and opposing Clinton.

The following examples is an excerpt directly from page 20 of Mueller’s Russian Indictment:

Verified: In court documents.

Paul Manafort offered Russian spy Konstantin Kilimnik “private briefings” through numerous email exchanges.

Manafort wrote, “I assume you have shown our friends my media coverage, right?”

Kilimnik, “Absolutely. Every article.”

Manafort asks, “How do we use to get whole? Has OVD operation seen?”

OVD refers to Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska who is a Russian oligarch and one of Russia’s richest men.

Verified: In court documents.

Papadopoulos meets with a Russian spy in London to discuss the fact that Russia has dirt on Hillary Clinton. See Papadopoulos Timeline.

Verified: In court documents.

Sometime in May: Roger Stone was a Trump campaign adviser. In May 2016 he met a Russian man who called himself Henry Greenberg. Greenberg offered dirt on Hillary Clinton for $2 million.

Verified: This happened, but Stones defense is that he did not take the offer seriously and did nothing about it. That’s a good defense, let’s see what Mueller has.

Sometime in May 2016, the DNC and the DCCC became aware that their computer systems had been compromised by unauthorized intrusions and hired a security company to identify the extent of the intrusions.

A few weeks later, on June 14, 2016, the DNC publicly announced that it had been hacked by Russian intelligence (GRU/KGB).

From Jul thru Nov 2016, Russia, through WikiLeaks, released tens of thousands of stolen documents stolen from the DNC and the personal email account of the chairman of the U.S. presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.

During the summer of 2016, STONE spoke to senior Trump Campaign officials about Russian Intelligence and information it had that would be damaging to the Clinton Campaign. STONE was contacted by senior Trump Campaign officials to inquire about future releases by WikiLeaks.

Verified: See Stone indictment.

Papadopoulos notifies Trump campaign that the Russian government wants to meet with Trump. See Papadopoulos Timeline.

Verified: In court documents.

Russia frequently conspired with Americans during this effort. For example, in June 2016 they conspired with an American affiliated with a Texas-based grassroots organization where they learned to focus on “purple states like Colorado, Virginia & Florida”. Mueller knows who they conspired with, we are waiting to learn.

Verified: In court documents.

Jun 9: Donald Trump, Jr, Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort met with the following Russians: Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, Ike Kaveladze, and Anatoli Samochornov. Rob Goldstone was also there and he acted as the middle man. The meeting was about lifting sanctions on Russia in exchange for campaign interference. The Trump team and the Russians have told many lies about this meeting. Natalia denied she worked for the Russian government for many months but eventually admitted it.

Verified: Not in dispute. The question is did they collude or only try to collude? If so, is either an impeachable offense? Did Trump know? We know the meeting took place and the Trump campaign at least tried to collude. They were offered dirt on HRC in exchange for relaxing Russian sanctions. We know Russian spies were there. We know Don Jr called a blocked number after the meeting. We know Trump’s phone uses a blocked number. Mueller knows who Don Jr called.

Jun 19: From mid-June through mid-August Papadopoulos pursued an “off the record” meeting between the Trump campaign and “member of president putin’s office”. For Papadopoulos told the Russian MFA that Trump can’t make it to Russia, but they wanted to use campaign reps to meet “off the record”. Papadopoulos said, “I am willing to make the trip off the record if it’s in the interest of Mr. Trump and the campaign…” See Papadopoulos Timeline.

Verified: In court documents.

Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct: During the latter half of 2016, Russia focused on encouraging minority groups NOT to vote in the 2016 election.

For example:

Russia used their Instagram account “Woke Blacks” with “hype and hatred for Trump is misleading the people and forcing Blacks to vote Killary. We cannot resort to the lesser of two devils…better off without voting AT ALL.”

Also, Russia used their Instagram account “Blacktivist” with “Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein. Trust me, it’s not a wasted vote.”

Also, Russia used their “United Muslims of America” social media accounts to post anti-vote messages like “American Muslims boycotting elections. Most American Muslims refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton.”

Verified: In court documents.

In Jul 18-21, Trump Changes Platform to “pro-Russia” at the Republican Convention.

Verified: This act is not in dispute. What’s in dispute is if Trump did this in exchange for help from Russia with the election and/or for Trump Tower Moscow.

On or about July 22, 2016, Wikileaks released documents stolen from the DNC by Russian Intelligence.

Verified: See 3a in Stone indictment.

On Jul 27, Trump said: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Clinton] emails that are missing.” When Trump said this, some responded he was joking. Trump then double downed in an interview with Katy Tur and was obviously NOT joking. We learned in a Mueller July 2018 indictment that within hours Russia did start, “the Conspirators … attempted after hours to spear-phish for the first time email accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provider and used by Clinton’s personal office.”

• Katy Tur asked Trump the next day if he was joking when he asked Russia to hack our computer systems. Trump VERY CLEARLY said, no, I was not kidding. She’s asked several times after that too. Each time Trump said he was not joking.
• Trump was asked many times to walk back the statement. He refused although others have said he was joking.
• Russia did in fact actually start hacking HRC servers just hours after Trump asked.
• We now know for a FACT that Trump and the Trump Campaign had over 150 contacts with Russian assets and spies during the campaign. It’s a reality that the normal interaction for a Presidential campaign with any Russians is ZERO.
• It’s a FACT that Kushner tried to set up a backdoor communication path with Russia that “got around” our government and national security.

Verified: Not in dispute. What’s in dispute is if it’s a crime or not.

Likely Not a Crime: In July 2019 a judge in DC dismissed a DNC lawsuit regarding Trump’s culpability in this matter.

In Aug, the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump Campaign.

Verified: This article also confirms that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign before the election and sat on it. What we didn’t know was that The Times knew this BEFORE the election too and chose not to publish. They later apologized, kind of.

Sometime in Aug, Paul Erickson set up a back channel between Republican leaders and Putin. Erickson setup a “very” secure back channel between Republican leaders to the Kremlin and directly to Putin using the NRA. This was set up using their handler Torshin.

Verified: We know from Maria Butina’s court documents released Dec 13, 2018.

On Aug 14, Roger Stone begins communicating with Guccifer 2.0. Roger Stone was a Trump campaign adviser. Stone exchanged private Twitter messages with Russian intelligence operatives posing as the hacker Guccifer 2.0. Stones defense is that he did not know Guccifer 2.0 was a Russian operative.

Verified: Not in dispute. What’s in dispute is if Roger knew. If he did not know, no crime.

On Aug 18, Russia paid for a cage and an actress depicting Hillary Clinton in a prison uniform for the March for Trump rally which Russia organized and promoted.

Verified: In court documents.

Sometime in Sep 2016, AMI Payoff Conspiracy with Trump  and Cohen executed. AMI in a conspiracy with Trump and Cohen committed a Federal crime to hide an affair from voters. This crime was done with cooperation with and at the direction of Trump. The payment came from ACME Corp.

Verified: Both Cohen and AMI admitted they understood Trump’s money was coming their way through ACME. Both Cohen and AMI admitted in court that the payoff was in cooperation with and at the direction of Trump, and that the payoff was to hide the affairs from the election–a Federal crime. Finally, Cohen publically released an audio recording of Trump approving the payment. You can listen to part of the conspiracy anytime you wish.

On Oct 28, 2016, Cohen for Trump paid Stormy $130k to keep quiet and hide from voters through an executed NDA. The goal was to hide the sexual relationship of Trump and Stormy from voters for $130,000 breaking federal laws.

Verified: Not in dispute. Cohen plead guilty and is facing 3 years in prison. Trump is named as his unindicted co-conspirator.

Just 2 days before the election, Comey announces Hillary did nothing wrong. Too late to fix the problem he caused.

Sometime between Nov 9…30 after the election, Flynn met privately with Russia’s top spymaster in the U.S. and ambassador. Then Flynn lied about it publicly and to the authorities. It is believed this meeting is one of the reasons Judge Sullivan was reluctant to give Flynn a light sentence. The meeting itself was not illegal, buy lying afterwards to the FBI was illegal.

Verified: We know this from Flynn’s court documents.

In Jan 2017, Russia funnels money to Trump through inaugural committee. Another guilty plea for Mueller in the Trump-Russian espionage case. On Aug 31, 2018, Republican lobbyist Samuel Patten pleaded guilty to being an unregistered foreign lobbyist, lying to the Senate, and funneling $50,000 in Russian money to Trump through the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Patten used an American straw purchaser to hide the Ukrainian’s money to the inaugural committee through a Cypriot bank account. Patten is now cooperating with Mueller and has agreed to testify. He signed a very robust cooperation agreement.

Verified: See court documents.

On Jan 9, Cohen met with Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg at Trump Tower. They discussed strengthening U.S.-Russia relations under Trump. Why? Why not use regular channels? Cohen later received $500,000 from a Vekselberg company.

Verified: This act is not in dispute, and nothing illegal has been reported.

On Jan 27, Papadopoulos lies to the FBI. Lying to the FBI is a crime (U.S. Code, title 18, section 1001). Colluding with a foreign government to influence an election is a crime too: Federal Campaign laws (accepting tangible things from a foreign country). Papadopoulos lied to the FBI about timing, extent, and nature of his interactions with senior Russian government officials. He said his interactions with the Russian government occurred BEFORE he became a Trump adviser. That’s a lie. Why? Did Trump direct him? See Papadopoulos Timeline.

Verified: Not in dispute.

On Feb 17, and 23 Papadopoulos tries to hide Russian contact info. Attempting to hide evidence? On Feb 17 Papadopoulos deleted his Facebook account which contained information on his Russia connections, and recreated his account without the information in an attempt to hide Russian contact information. On Feb 23, Papadopoulos changed phones and phone numbers. These acts demonstrates a guilty mindset which goes toward his overall guilt. See Papadopoulos Timeline.

Verified: Not in dispute. Why is an open question.

On May 9, Trump fired Comey. This is likely a crime: Obstruction of Justice. Mueller is sorting this out now. President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey while Comey was in Los Angeles addressing an FBI field office. Comey saw the announcement on TV and, at first, thought it was a joke. Comey returned from his trip on a government plane.

Verified: This act is not in dispute. Whether this act rises to a prosecutable crime is. Later, Trump admits on national TV that he did this because of the Russia investigation. He also tells the Russian spy master, “the pressure is off” in the oval office. We find out about this from Russia.

On May 11, Trump admits he Fired Comey over Russia investigation. President Trump admitted this to Lester Holt. 7 days later, Rosenstein appoints Mueller. Later, when Comey is asked by Congress if Trump fired him over Russia, Comey said, “I take [Trump] at his word.” This is evidence of the obstruction of justice crime.

Verified: Not in dispute. Trump did this on national television.

Not a crime, but a bad act: Trump met with Lavrov and Kislyak in the oval office. We know because Russia reported this meeting. The Trump administration did not document this meeting. In the meeting, Trump told Russia he didn’t mind their 2016 Election Interference because America has interfered in other country’s elections. This is the same meeting where Trump told them that firing Comey took the pressure off.

Unverified Reporting: Washington Post reported on 9/27/2019 this news based on 3 former officials. They also reported that the documenting of this meeting was kept secret.

Mueller Note: Why didn’t Mueller discover this bad act?

On the sidelines of the G20 summit, Trump met with Putin with a translator. After the meeting, Trump told the translator not to discuss what was said, and confiscated her notes. This is unprecedented. Never happens. Trump’s top aides do not know what was said. Putin does! Putin likely even has a recording giving Russia even more leverage over Trump.

Verified: Trump is not disputing this event. No one really knows what to make of this. Yet.

On Aug 28, Cohen lies in a letter sent to Congress for Trump about Russia. Lying to Congress is a crime (U.S. Code, title 18, section 1001). Cohen sends a letter of lies to Congress. The letter was made public queuing Donald Trump, Jr. and others to tell the same lies to Congress. They all told the same lies to Congress. They all committed Federal crimes and the President of the U.S. knows it. Richard Nixon was impeached for a similar crime. Is the President of the United States knowing a Federal crime is being committed in his name impeachable?

Verified: Cohen admitted he lied. We know from the Dec 2018 Cohen sentencing document.

On Sep 19,  Cohen Publishes Public Letter of Lies to Coordinate Testimony for Trump. Lying to Congress is a crime (U.S. Code, title 18, section 1001). On Sep 19, Cohen publishes a letter to the public full of lies. He then testifies in-person 4 weeks later on Oct 25, 2017. Trump, Jr. and several others repeat the same lies to Congress.

Verified: We know this because Cohen confessed those lies later in Dec 2018. We know Trump, Jr. and others told the same lies because several Senators have said publicly that all their accounts were the same, but now we know Cohen lied.

On Jul 16, Trump talked privately with Putin for 2 hours! Why? no one on our side knows what was said, but Putin does. Is Putin using anything from that meeting as leverage? The two leaders met for a summit in Helsinki, Finland. They spoke privately for two hours, accompanied only by their respective translators.

Verified: Not in dispute. The bad act is panned by nearly all. It’s true that leaders need to speak privately sometimes, but this was an odd one and what Trump said afterwards was bizaar.

On Nov 8, Trump fires AG Jeff Sessions–Matt Whitaker named Acting AG. Likely Unconstitutional (see Article II, Senate Advice and Consent). POSSIBLE CRIME: Obstruction of Justice. It’s clear he was put there to obstruct the Mueller investigation. Trump fires AG Jeff Sessions, and names  Matt Whitaker Acting AG. Whitaker is unqualified, a public critic of the Mueller investigation, and was never approved by the Senate — most believe this is unconstitutional.

Verified: The two acts are verified. The fact that Whitaker is completely unqualified is verified. The idea that Trump did this to effect the Mueller investigation is clear. The only thing in dispute is if this is a big enough crime to prosecute or add to the many charges that will likely be in the charges of impeachment.

About Dec 5, 2018 Trump Pressures Whitaker in Cohen case. Trump pressured his appointed acting AG Whitaker at least twice during December. This is at least against tradition and could be evidence of obstruction of justice.

Unverified: Lots of reporting, so likely true, but we still need to verify. Also, we need to understand better if this level of pressure rises to the level of a prosecutable obstruction of justice charge, is another supporting act in a charge, or is ignored because it is either not bad enough, or not needed.

Likely not illegal, just a bad act. Trump is hiding conversations with Putin on at least 5 occasions. This is NOT normal. He even took the notes from our public paid interpreter who works for us, and instructed the linguist not to discuss what had transpired even with other administration officials. That’s not normal!

Verified: We know this is true because the Trump press office did NOT release anything, but Russia did. Each of these 5 were then confirmed.

The National Enquirer tried to blackmail Bezos into killing stories about Trump, and the Khashoggi murder. Meaning, do not report truth, facts, and reality. Trump has made no secret that he hates The Washington Post. David Pecker head of AMI and the National Enquirer tried to hush truth by threatening the richest man in the world.

During the campaign, Trump said the National Enquirer is a great paper that should have won a pulitzer. We know for a fact that Trump illegally entered into a catch and kill agreement with the National Enquirer.

The AMI agreement with Mueller was in exchange for truthful testimony, in exchange for not prosecuting AMI for all their crimes. That agreement lasts 3 years and they were not allowed to commit any crimes — extortion and blackmail are crimes!

From Jeff’s article…

“Any personal embarrassment AMI could cause me takes a back seat because there’s a much more important matter involved here. If in my position I can’t stand up to this kind of extortion, how many people can?”

A few paragraphs down…

“Be assured, no real journalists ever propose anything like what is happening here: I will not report embarrassing information about you if you do X for me. And if you don’t do X quickly, I will report the embarrassing information.”

Verified: We know this occurred because the threats were in writing and Jeff Bezos published them online on the next day Feb 7th.

Open Question: Was Trump involved in any way?

Trump literally called on China to investigate one of his political opponents, Joe Biden. Right on TV. In the open. Again. This act broke less laws than the Ukraine blackmail phone call, but is still illegal.

Crime=Federal campaign laws. It is illegal to “solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation” from a foreign national. Trump himself released a transcript that indicates he likely broke this law. This law defines a “contribution or donation” as “money” or another “thing of value”. The opposition research on Biden is a “thing of value.”

Trump supporters need to decide if they believe their own eyes, or that what Trump did is not a crime. Common sense says he knows he has already admitted his guilt is trying to normalize breaking the Constitution.

Once again, the same day, the Federal Election Commission points out that this is illegal.