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Kilimnik and Manafort

Asked about his conversations with Manafort, Kilimnik told RFE/RL on September 21 that thev discussed the U.S election campaign, but he declined to describe the e-mail in detail or to sav whether there was an effort to reach out to Deripaska "There were millions of emails. J)) we worked for 11 years. And we discussed a lot of issues, from Putin to women," Kilimnik said via text message. "Of course we discussed trump and everything," he said in another message. "A lot of things. Our clients owe us money. Is there any violation of the law or proof of my work for KGB or whoever in those discussions?" "On the political side there is no case that can be made about my involvement in the US elections," Kilimnik wrote in another September 21 message. "They are tough investigators and probably will get manafort for some financial crap. With that manv vears of international clients no one can be 100% clean."

Asked about his conversations with Manafort, Kilimnik told RFE/RL on September 21 that thev discussed the U.S election campaign, but he declined to describe the e-mail in detail or to sav whether there was an effort to reach out to Deripaska "There were millions of emails. J)) we worked for 11 years. And we discussed a lot of issues, from Putin to women," Kilimnik said via text message. "Of course we discussed trump and everything," he said in another message. "A lot of things. Our clients owe us money. Is there any violation of the law or proof of my work for KGB or whoever in those discussions?" "On the political side there is no case that can be made about my involvement in the US elections," Kilimnik wrote in another September 21 message. "They are tough investigators and probably will get manafort for some financial crap. With that manv vears of international clients no one can be 100% clean."

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Totally a coincidence

Donald J. Trump. @realDonaldTrump. 5h The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary? RT @RT_com 7h BREAKING: Russia never placed political ads on Facebook - Kremlin on alleged interference in US election on.rt.com/8nv6 RT Q 119 n789 1,550

Donald J. Trump. @realDonaldTrump. 5h The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary? RT @RT_com 7h BREAKING: Russia never placed political ads on Facebook - Kremlin on alleged interference in US election on.rt.com/8nv6 RT Q 119 n789 1,550

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RNC paying for Donald Trump Jr.'s legal expenses

The RNC's special legal fund, like the campaign itself, is permitted to cover any legal expenses that arise directly from a campaign or a government official's duties in office. The costs of election recounts and routine compliance matters are covered; drunk driving arrests and sex scandals are not. If the RNC counts the legal defense of the President's son, a private citizen, in the Russia investigation as a campaign-related expense, Noble asked, "where does that stop?"

The RNC's special legal fund, like the campaign itself, is permitted to cover any legal expenses that arise directly from a campaign or a government official's duties in office. The costs of election recounts and routine compliance matters are covered; drunk driving arrests and sex scandals are not. If the RNC counts the legal defense of the President's son, a private citizen, in the Russia investigation as a campaign-related expense, Noble asked, "where does that stop?"

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Tip of the iceberg

WHAT WE KNOW WHAT MUELLER KNOWS @DaftTrump

WHAT WE KNOW WHAT MUELLER KNOWS @DaftTrump

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Facebook turns over Russia-linked ads to Congress

Facebook to Provide Congress With Ads Linked to Internet Research Agency By Colin Stretch, General Counsel Two weeks ago, we announced we had found more than 3,000 ads addressing social and political issues that ran in the US between 2015 and 2017 and that appear to have come from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency. We subsequently made clear that we are providing information related to those ads, including the ad content itself, to the Special Counsel investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Since then, some people have asked why we aren't sharing the content of the ads more broadly After an extensive legal and policy review, today we are announcing that we will also share these ads with congressional investigators. We believe it is vitally important that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election. That is an assessment that can be made only by investigators with access to classified intelligence and information from all relevant companies and industries- and we want to do our part. Congress is best placed to use the information we and others provide to inform the public comprehensively and completely This has been a difficult decision. Disclosing content is not something we do lightly under any circumstances. We are deeply committed to safeguarding user content, regardless of the user's nationality, and ads are user content. Federal law also places strict limitations on the disclosure of account information. As our biannual transparency reports make clear, we carefully scrutinize all government data requests, from here and abroad, and we push back where they do not adhere to those legal limitations. And, of course, we also recognize and support the important work of government investigations and take care not take steps, like public disclosures, that might undermine them. Over recent weeks, we have grappled with the extraordinary nature of this particular investigation through this lens. The questions that have arisen go to the integrity of US elections. And the limited information Congress and the intelligence community have shared with us to date suggests that efforts to compromise the 2016 election were varied and sophisticated and that understanding those efforts requires a united effort, from across the technology, intelligence and political communities. We believe the public deserves a full accounting of what happened in the 2016 election, and weve concluded that sharing the ads weve discovered, in a manner that is consistent with our obligations to protect user information, can help That's why we have reached out to congressional leadership to agree on a process and schedule to provide the content of these ads, along with related information, to congressional investigators. At the same time, we will continue our own review and investigation, and to do our part to make sure investigators have the information they need. We look forward to their comprehensive assessment, and to a greater public understanding of what took place

Facebook to Provide Congress With Ads Linked to Internet Research Agency By Colin Stretch, General Counsel Two weeks ago, we announced we had found more than 3,000 ads addressing social and political issues that ran in the US between 2015 and 2017 and that appear to have come from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency. We subsequently made clear that we are providing information related to those ads, including the ad content itself, to the Special Counsel investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Since then, some people have asked why we aren't sharing the content of the ads more broadly After an extensive legal and policy review, today we are announcing that we will also share these ads with congressional investigators. We believe it is vitally important that government authorities have the information they need to deliver to the public a full assessment of what happened in the 2016 election. That is an assessment that can be made only by investigators with access to classified intelligence and information from all relevant companies and industries- and we want to do our part. Congress is best placed to use the information we and others provide to inform the public comprehensively and completely This has been a difficult decision. Disclosing content is not something we do lightly under any circumstances. We are deeply committed to safeguarding user content, regardless of the user's nationality, and ads are user content. Federal law also places strict limitations on the disclosure of account information. As our biannual transparency reports make clear, we carefully scrutinize all government data requests, from here and abroad, and we push back where they do not adhere to those legal limitations. And, of course, we also recognize and support the important work of government investigations and take care not take steps, like public disclosures, that might undermine them. Over recent weeks, we have grappled with the extraordinary nature of this particular investigation through this lens. The questions that have arisen go to the integrity of US elections. And the limited information Congress and the intelligence community have shared with us to date suggests that efforts to compromise the 2016 election were varied and sophisticated and that understanding those efforts requires a united effort, from across the technology, intelligence and political communities. We believe the public deserves a full accounting of what happened in the 2016 election, and weve concluded that sharing the ads weve discovered, in a manner that is consistent with our obligations to protect user information, can help That's why we have reached out to congressional leadership to agree on a process and schedule to provide the content of these ads, along with related information, to congressional investigators. At the same time, we will continue our own review and investigation, and to do our part to make sure investigators have the information they need. We look forward to their comprehensive assessment, and to a greater public understanding of what took place

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Felix Sater and Gary Uher

Trump plavs down his relationship with Sater despite growing evidence of links between the two, including recently published emails detailing how Sater worked with a top Trump Organization lawyer on a planned Moscow property deal as late as 2016, during the presidential campaign McClatchy's investigation now shows that a trusted Trump security aide hired in 2015 had intimate knowledge that Sater, twice convicted, had a criminal past and underworld connections. But court documents from almost two decades ago, obtained by McClatchy, show that Uher played an important part in Sater's decision to return from Russia. 6. On another occasion, I traveled to Russia, again at the behest of the FBI, to assist ia the capture and extradition of Felix Sater, an unindicted co-conspirator in this case. Ihad met Sater on one or more occasions in the United States Bridgemater. The FBI told me that Sater was in Russía and sought my help and assistance to get him back to the United States for criminal prosecution. The FBI offered to pay for my plane fare to Russia, aad again I was debriefed on my efforts to locate Sater and arrange for his extradition. It was my understanding that the FBI again generated an FBl 302 report of my efforts. 7. I was also debriefed at length by Agent Uher regarding my involvement in the United States Bridge matter. I truthfully told him all I knew of the attempts by United States Bridge to get a construction bond through Willis Corroon, the firm with which I was associated. I was also under the impression that he intended to generate an FBI 302 report regarding my debriefing on all United States Bridge matters. This snipped section of a 2000 court deposition of then- informant Lawrence Ray shows how FBI agent Gary Uher worked to bring Felix Sater back from Russia. Almost 20 years later they both were in Donald Trump's orbit Wieder, Ben

Trump plavs down his relationship with Sater despite growing evidence of links between the two, including recently published emails detailing how Sater worked with a top Trump Organization lawyer on a planned Moscow property deal as late as 2016, during the presidential campaign McClatchy's investigation now shows that a trusted Trump security aide hired in 2015 had intimate knowledge that Sater, twice convicted, had a criminal past and underworld connections. But court documents from almost two decades ago, obtained by McClatchy, show that Uher played an important part in Sater's decision to return from Russia. 6. On another occasion, I traveled to Russia, again at the behest of the FBI, to assist ia the capture and extradition of Felix Sater, an unindicted co-conspirator in this case. Ihad met Sater on one or more occasions in the United States Bridgemater. The FBI told me that Sater was in Russía and sought my help and assistance to get him back to the United States for criminal prosecution. The FBI offered to pay for my plane fare to Russia, aad again I was debriefed on my efforts to locate Sater and arrange for his extradition. It was my understanding that the FBI again generated an FBl 302 report of my efforts. 7. I was also debriefed at length by Agent Uher regarding my involvement in the United States Bridge matter. I truthfully told him all I knew of the attempts by United States Bridge to get a construction bond through Willis Corroon, the firm with which I was associated. I was also under the impression that he intended to generate an FBI 302 report regarding my debriefing on all United States Bridge matters. This snipped section of a 2000 court deposition of then- informant Lawrence Ray shows how FBI agent Gary Uher worked to bring Felix Sater back from Russia. Almost 20 years later they both were in Donald Trump's orbit Wieder, Ben

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Robert Mueller's list of requests

MUELLER RECORDS REQUESTS FROM The Washington tlost AND EheAew JorkTimes LYNN'S FBI INTERVIEW FLYNN'S CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR YATES/MCGAHN MEETING ABOUT FLYNN FLYNN'S FIRING TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY TEAM TRUMP MEETINGS WITH COMEY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COMEY'S FIRING SPICER STATEMENT NIGHT OF COMEY'S FIRING SPICER STATEMENT WEEK BEFORE COMEYS FIRING OVAL OFFICE MEETING WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TRUMP TOWER MEETING WITH RUSSIAN LAWYER WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO TRUMP TOWER MEETING ANYTHING ON MANAFORT LIVE MSNBC F FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER CAM 8:21 PM CT

MUELLER RECORDS REQUESTS FROM The Washington tlost AND EheAew JorkTimes LYNN'S FBI INTERVIEW FLYNN'S CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR YATES/MCGAHN MEETING ABOUT FLYNN FLYNN'S FIRING TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY TEAM TRUMP MEETINGS WITH COMEY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COMEY'S FIRING SPICER STATEMENT NIGHT OF COMEY'S FIRING SPICER STATEMENT WEEK BEFORE COMEYS FIRING OVAL OFFICE MEETING WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TRUMP TOWER MEETING WITH RUSSIAN LAWYER WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO TRUMP TOWER MEETING ANYTHING ON MANAFORT LIVE MSNBC F FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER CAM 8:21 PM CT

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Mueller probes White House for documents

MARY F. CALVERT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 witn Sergey v. Lavrov, tne Russian Toreign minister, in tne Uuvai oitice in May. The American news media was denied access ALEXANDER SHCHERBAK TASS, VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON - Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has asked the White House for documents about some of President Trump's most scrutinized actions since taking office, including the firing of his national security adviser and F.B.I. director, according to White House officials. The document requests provide the most details to date about the breadth of Mr. Mueller's investigation, cand show that several aspects of his inquiry are focused squarely on Mr. Trump's behavior in the White House. In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller's office sent a document to the White House that detailed 13 different areas that investigators want more information about. Since then, administration lawyers have been scouring White House emails and asking officials whether they have other documents or notes that may pertain to Mr. Mueller's requests. Mr. Mueller is also interested in an Oval Office meeting Mr. Trump had with Russian officials in relieved "great pressure" on him. One of the requests is about a meeting Mr. Trump had in May with Russian officials in the Oval Office the day after James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was fired. That day, Mr. Trump met with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, along with other Russian officials. The New York Times reported that in the meeting Mr. Trump had said that firing Mr. Comey relieved "great pressure" on him. Breaking News Alerts Sign up to receive an email from The New York Times as soon as Russia's official news agency photographed President Trump's meeting

MARY F. CALVERT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 witn Sergey v. Lavrov, tne Russian Toreign minister, in tne Uuvai oitice in May. The American news media was denied access ALEXANDER SHCHERBAK TASS, VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON - Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has asked the White House for documents about some of President Trump's most scrutinized actions since taking office, including the firing of his national security adviser and F.B.I. director, according to White House officials. The document requests provide the most details to date about the breadth of Mr. Mueller's investigation, cand show that several aspects of his inquiry are focused squarely on Mr. Trump's behavior in the White House. In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller's office sent a document to the White House that detailed 13 different areas that investigators want more information about. Since then, administration lawyers have been scouring White House emails and asking officials whether they have other documents or notes that may pertain to Mr. Mueller's requests. Mr. Mueller is also interested in an Oval Office meeting Mr. Trump had with Russian officials in relieved "great pressure" on him. One of the requests is about a meeting Mr. Trump had in May with Russian officials in the Oval Office the day after James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was fired. That day, Mr. Trump met with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, along with other Russian officials. The New York Times reported that in the meeting Mr. Trump had said that firing Mr. Comey relieved "great pressure" on him. Breaking News Alerts Sign up to receive an email from The New York Times as soon as Russia's official news agency photographed President Trump's meeting

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What's that, Stone? Is that a confession?

Roger Stone @Roger/Stoner Follow THE FEDS WERE EAVESDROPPING ON MY TELEPHONE CALLS WITH MANAFORT DURING THE INAUGURATION AND TRANSITION US government wiretapped Trump campaign chair US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN. cnn.com :51 AM-19 Sep 2017 1,123 Retweets 1,892 Likes 2.1K 1.1K 1.9K

Roger Stone @Roger/Stoner Follow THE FEDS WERE EAVESDROPPING ON MY TELEPHONE CALLS WITH MANAFORT DURING THE INAUGURATION AND TRANSITION US government wiretapped Trump campaign chair US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN. cnn.com :51 AM-19 Sep 2017 1,123 Retweets 1,892 Likes 2.1K 1.1K 1.9K

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Michael Cohen, instead, gets an OPEN session

TED United States Senator - North Carolina Richard Burr 217 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3154 FAX (202) 228-2981 http://www.burr.senate.gov SEN NAT Senate Intel Leaders' Statement on the Postponing of Michael Cohen's Interview FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 WASHINGTON Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D- VA) today made the following announcement on the testimony of Michael Cohen: "We were disappointed that Mr. Cohen decided to pre-empt today's interview by releasing a public statement prior to his engagement with Committee staff, in spite of the Committee's requests that he refrain from public comment. As a result, we declined to move forward with today's interview and will reschedule Mr. Cohen's appearance before the Committee in open session at a date in the near future. The Committee expects witnesses in this investigation to work in good faith with the Senate."

TED United States Senator - North Carolina Richard Burr 217 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3154 FAX (202) 228-2981 http://www.burr.senate.gov SEN NAT Senate Intel Leaders' Statement on the Postponing of Michael Cohen's Interview FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 WASHINGTON Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D- VA) today made the following announcement on the testimony of Michael Cohen: "We were disappointed that Mr. Cohen decided to pre-empt today's interview by releasing a public statement prior to his engagement with Committee staff, in spite of the Committee's requests that he refrain from public comment. As a result, we declined to move forward with today's interview and will reschedule Mr. Cohen's appearance before the Committee in open session at a date in the near future. The Committee expects witnesses in this investigation to work in good faith with the Senate."

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Michael Cohen's closed session canceled.

Senate intelligence committee leaders canceled Michael Cohen's interview Tuesday because they felt he violated an agreement not to speak to the news media, and they will now subpoena him, possibly to appear publicly, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Lawmakers were miffed when Cohen circulated a statement that included a blanket denial of collusion with Russia, the source said There had been a mutual agreement that neither lawmakers nor Cohen's camp would speak to reporters about the testimony, the source added.

Senate intelligence committee leaders canceled Michael Cohen's interview Tuesday because they felt he violated an agreement not to speak to the news media, and they will now subpoena him, possibly to appear publicly, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Lawmakers were miffed when Cohen circulated a statement that included a blanket denial of collusion with Russia, the source said There had been a mutual agreement that neither lawmakers nor Cohen's camp would speak to reporters about the testimony, the source added.

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Paul Manafort gonna get indicted!

The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, then followed the house search with a warning: His prosecutors told Mr. Manafort they planned to indict him, said two people close to the investigation.

The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, then followed the house search with a warning: His prosecutors told Mr. Manafort they planned to indict him, said two people close to the investigation.

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The dumbasses kept talking

The conversations between Manafort and Trump continued after the President took office, long after the FBl investigation into Manafort was publicly known, the sources told CNN. They went on until lawyers for the President and Manafort insisted that they stop, according to the sources

The conversations between Manafort and Trump continued after the President took office, long after the FBl investigation into Manafort was publicly known, the sources told CNN. They went on until lawyers for the President and Manafort insisted that they stop, according to the sources

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Scorsese Montage

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"He's wearing a wire!"

Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes Memo to the White House staff the New York Times is reporting that the guy next to you may be afraid you're wearing a wire for Mueller Benjamin Wittes@benjaminwittes Replying to @benjaminwittes nsion between the two comes as life in the White ouse is shadowed by the investigation. Not only do r. Trump, Mr. Kushner and Mr. McGahn all have wvers, but so do other senior officials. The certainty has grown to the point that White House ficials privately express fear that colleagues may b earing a wire to surreptitiously record conversation r Mr. Mueller. 6:34 PM 17 Sep 17 from Washington, DC 1,709 Retweets 3,653 Likes

Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes Memo to the White House staff the New York Times is reporting that the guy next to you may be afraid you're wearing a wire for Mueller Benjamin Wittes@benjaminwittes Replying to @benjaminwittes nsion between the two comes as life in the White ouse is shadowed by the investigation. Not only do r. Trump, Mr. Kushner and Mr. McGahn all have wvers, but so do other senior officials. The certainty has grown to the point that White House ficials privately express fear that colleagues may b earing a wire to surreptitiously record conversation r Mr. Mueller. 6:34 PM 17 Sep 17 from Washington, DC 1,709 Retweets 3,653 Likes

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Co-Conspirators won't be spared

That also open up Trump associates to criminal liability. Someone is guilty of "aiding and abetting" when they know a crime is being committed and actively help to make it succeed. So if a Trump associate knew about the foreign contributions that Mueller's search warrant focused on and helped that effort in a tangible way, they could be charged In addition, anyone who agreed to be part of the Russian effort in any way could be charged with criminal conspiracy. They wouldn't need to be involved in the whole operation or know who else was involved. but they would have to agree to be part of some piece of it

That also open up Trump associates to criminal liability. Someone is guilty of "aiding and abetting" when they know a crime is being committed and actively help to make it succeed. So if a Trump associate knew about the foreign contributions that Mueller's search warrant focused on and helped that effort in a tangible way, they could be charged In addition, anyone who agreed to be part of the Russian effort in any way could be charged with criminal conspiracy. They wouldn't need to be involved in the whole operation or know who else was involved. but they would have to agree to be part of some piece of it

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