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2.1. Relationship with Russia

2.1.1. General

  • 2008 – Donald Trump JR “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia” Source
  • 11/11/2013 – “I had a great weekend with you and your family. You have done a FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next. EMIN was WOW!” Source
  • 11/12/2013 - “I have plans to start business in Russia,” Trump said, “I am currently in talks with several Russian companies to build a skyscraper on the model of Trump Tower in New York.” The businessman did not name his partners or the size of the investment." Source
  • 11/20/2013 – Trump appears in a music video by the son of Aras Agalarov. Source
  • 2014-2015 - Starting in 2014, Trump oddly Tweeted Nine Times to Deleted Russian Twitter Accounts About Running for President. Source
    • 11/23/2014 - “@russiannavyblog: @dr_rita39 I follow Mr. Trump in a crusade to get him to restore Western Civilization with a Trump/Palin '16 ticket!” Source
    • /12/20/2014 - “@VladimirRussia7: “@realDonaldTrump :Be sure to set exceptional goals for your 2015 resolutions. Push yourself, you can do it. Think Big!”” Source
    • 12/24/2014 - “@VladimirRussia7: @realDonaldTrump Merry Christmas,my favorite billionaire!” Thanks! Source
    • 12/27/2014 - @VladimirRussia7: @realDonaldTrump and @mcuban and @WarrenBuffett are my favorite billionaires and heroes." Source
    • 1/17/2015 - “@VladimirRussia7: @realDonaldTrump Oh,How I respect you- a billionaire,a family man,and a TV Star!” Thanks. Source
    • 1/30/2015 - “@VladimirRussia7 @realDonaldTrump You are the best #billionare and the great teacher!I love your inspiring books!” Thanks and good luck. Source
    • 1/30/2015 - “@russiannavyblog: @realDonaldTrump @ApprenticeNBC An announcement Mr Trump will run for President and fix the Obama-ruined nation?” Source
    • 3/11/2015 - "@russiannavyblog: @Joe3957 @jwil444 @DNorrell @greta @StateDept @FoxNews If there is anything America desperately needs, it’s a Trump run!"Source
    • 3/11/2015 - "@monkiekaty: @realDonaldTrump @russiannavyblog @Joe3957 @jwil444 @DNorrell @greta @StateDept @FoxNews Yes! Yes! Yes! Trump for President Source
  • 07/27/2016 – “What do I have to do with Russia? You know the closest I came to Russia, I bought a house a number of years ago in Palm Beach, Florida… for $40 million and I sold it to a Russian for $100 million including brokerage commissions.” Source
  • 07/27/2016 - Trump asks Russia to hack Hillary publicly. Source
  • 08/06/2016 - Trump campaign specifically pushes pro-Putin move to Republican platform (Under Manafort) Source
  • 9/9/2016 - Donald Trump gave an interview Thursday that aired on a television station funded by the Kremlin, arguing that the Russian government was “probably” not meddling in the American presidential race. Source
  • 9/9/2016 - In May 2014, the CNI hosted a roundtable discussion at which the director of the Kremlin-backed Institute for Democracy and Cooperation strongly defended Russia’s position in Ukraine. In April, Trump chose the CNI as the venue for his first major foreign policy speech, and the audience included Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak. Source
  • 9/14/2016 - How did an alleged and notorious Russian mobster connected to an illegal international gambling ring run out of Trump Tower end up as a special guest at a Donald Trump event in Moscow in 2013? Source
  • 9/22/2016 - Sergei Millian claims he helped market Trump Condos in Russia. Source
  • 10/09/2016 - Trump brought Ms. Universe Pageant to Russia. Was paid for by Aras Agalarov, a man allegedly close ties to Putin. Source
  • 12/19/2016 - Trump has ties to a top Ukranian/Russian organized crime boss Semion Mogilevich. Source
  • 01/16/2017 – NYT report looking at Trump trying to get real-estate deals in Russia over 3 decades. Source
  • 2/14/2017 – Abe says Trump encouraged him to boost ties, dialogue with Putin to resolve territorial issue. Source
  • 3/5/2017 - Trump Reverses Pledge To Mandate U.S. Steel For Keystone Pipeline. A Direct Beneficiary Is A Russian Oligarch With Close Ties To Vladimir Putin Source

    • 2/5/2014 - Ivanka was at a party in Russia with the wife of Putin Pal/Rosneft investor who is supplying the steel.Source

    • 2/5/2014 – Kushner was also on this trip with Ivanka. Source

    • 9/11/2016 - Ivanka and Kushner went to the US open with Abramovich’s wife. Source

  • 3/7/2017 - “Trump personally met with the Russian ambassador on April 27, 2016, prior to a major foreign policy speech. The Wall Street Journal, in a report that was little-noticed at the time” Trump used the speech to call for warmer relations with Russia. Source
  • 3/7/2017 - U.S. government sanctioned Dmitry Rogozin—a hardline deputy to Vladimir Putin, the head of Russia’s defense industry and longtime opponent of American power—in retaliation for the invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Source

Eighteen months later, the National Rifle Association, Donald Trump’s most powerful outside ally during the 2016 election, sent a delegation to Moscow that met with him.

  • 3/23/2017 - RNC paid intel firm with ties to Russians to find dirt on Clinton. Source
  • 3/28/2017 - Trump adds Russia scholar as a National Security Council director Source
  • 3/29/2017 - Trump silent amid protests in Russia. Source
  • 4/2/2017 - The White House abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting in February between President Trump and a high-level Russian central banker after a national security aide discovered the official had been named by Spanish police as a suspected “godfather” of an organized crime and money-laundering ring. Source
  • 4/23/2017 - Trump dodges Wikileaks question in an interview, re-blamed DNC for getting hacked, and said CrowdStrike was Ukraine-based. Source
  • 4/26/2017 - Federal investigators continue to dig into Russia’s cyberattack on the US election and the Trump administration’s possible involvement—but as bad as that intrusion and collusion may be, Trump’s opaque financial dealings could prove even more perilous for the president. Source
  • 5/12/2017 - Lawyers for President Donald Trump said Friday that a review of his last 10 years of tax returns did not reflect “any income of any type from Russian sources,” but their letter included exceptions related to previously cited income generated from a beauty pageant and sale of a Florida estate. Source
    • 5/12/2017 - The law firm representing Trump also won Russia’s “law firm of the year” and had previously represented Rosneft. Source
  • 5/17/2017 - VEB, a Russian state-run bank under scrutiny by U.S. investigators, financed a deal involving Donald Trump’s onetime partner in a Toronto hotel tower at a key moment for the project. Source
  • 5/18/2017 - Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race. Source
  • 5/19/2017 - Sources tell CBS News a relationship between Russia and the Trump campaign developed long before the election. The U.S. intelligence community became especially concerned that sensitive information being provided to the transition team could be passed on to the Russians. Source
  • 5/19/2017 - Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation. Source
  • 5/26/2017 - Once U.S. President Donald Trump returns from his overseas trip, the White House plans to launch its most aggressive effort yet to push back against allegations involving Russia and his presidential campaign, tackling head-on a scandal that has threatened to consume his young presidency. Source
  • 5/26/2017 - The White House will not move to reduce U.S. sanctions on Russia and may even pursue further action against Moscow, top White House adviser Gary Cohn told reporters on Friday, clarifying previous remarks. Cohn had said earlier in the week that Trump was “looking at” the issue of Russia sanctions and that the White House did not yet have a position. Source
  • 5/31/2017 - President Trump’s administration will cease answering questions from reporters about the investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday. Source
  • 5/31/2017 - The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Source]
  • 6/1/2017 - The Trump White House is setting up a dedicated unit to cope with a Russia investigation that is picking up in intensity, in an attempt to keep the probe from derailing policy priorities that face an uncertain fate on Capitol Hill. Source
  • 6/1/2017 - In the early weeks of the Trump administration, former Obama administration officials and State Department staffers fought an intense, behind-the-scenes battle to head off efforts by incoming officials to normalize relations with Russia, according to multiple sources familiar with the events.Unknown to the public at the time, top Trump administration officials, almost as soon as they took office, tasked State Department staffers with developing proposals for the lifting of economic sanctions, the return of diplomatic compounds and other steps to relieve tensions with Moscow. Source
  • 6/1/2017 - Confirming the yahoo report, Daniel Fried, who served as a senior diplomat until he retired in late February, said he became aware of the sanctions effort in the early weeks of Trump’s presidency. He said State Department colleagues approached him, “concerned that the Trump administration, the incoming team was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on Russia, which had been placed there because of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine. And it was further said by these people that there would be no action required from Russia.” Source

2.1.2. Instances of Trump directly admitting relationship with Russia

  • 06/17/2016 - “Almost all of the oligarchs were in the room,” Trump bragged to Real Estate Weekly upon returning home.” Source
  • 09/10/2016 - Trump claims to have gotten a gift from Putin. "“You know, I was in Moscow a couple of months ago. I own the Miss Universe Pageant and they treated me so great. Putin even sent me a present, a beautiful present.” Source
  • 10/20/2016 - Trump claims he met Putin. “Yes, a long time ago,” Trump said. “[Putin and I] got along great, by the way.”" Source
  • 1/11/2017 - Trump claims he has a relationship with Putin. “I do have a relationship and I can tell you he’s very interested in what we’re doing here today he’s probably very interested in what you and I are saying today and I’m sure he’s going to be seeing it in some form and I do have a relationship with him and I think its very interesting to see what’s happened.” "He’s done a very brilliant job in terms of what he represents and who he is representing. "Source

2.1.3. Instances of Trump denying relationship with Russia

  • 9/1/2016 - Trump denies having a relationship with Putin. Source
  • 10/20/2016 - “I don’t know Putin. He has said nice things about me” Source
  • 12/12/2016 – Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card? It would be called conspiracy theory!" Source
  • 1/11/2017 – “Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!” - Source
  • 2/7/2017 - "I don’t know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and the haters are going crazy - yet Obama can make a deal with Iran, #1 in terror, no problem! Source
  • 2/16/2017 – In press conference following Flynn resignation Trump yet again denies links to Russia. Source
  • 2/20/2017 - "I have nothing to do with Russia ," he told reporters. “To the best of my knowledge , *no person that I deal with does. Source
  • 2/26/2017 – “Russia talk is FAKE NEWS put out by the Dems, and played up by the media, in order to mask the big election defeat and the illegal leaks!” Source
  • 2/27/2017 - Trump says “I haven’t called Russia in 10 years” Source
  • 3/20/2017 - “James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia. This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!” Source
  • 3/20/2017 – “The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!” Source
  • 3/20/2017 – “The real story that Congress, the FBI and all others should be looking into is the leaking of classified information. Must find leaker now!” - Source
  • 3/20/2017 - “What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians? Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?” Source
  • 3/23/2017 – “Just watched the totally biased and fake news reports of the so-called Russia story on NBC and ABC. Such dishonesty!” Source
  • 3/27/2017 - “Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia, Russian speech…” Source
  • 3/27/2017 - “…money to Bill, the Hillary Russian “reset,” praise of Russia by Hillary, or Podesta Russian Company. Trump Russia story is a hoax. #MAGA!” Source
  • 3/28/2017 - “Watch @foxandfriends now on Podesta and Russia!” Source
  • 3/28/2017 - “Why doesn’t Fake News talk about Podesta ties to Russia as covered by @FoxNews or money from Russia to Clinton - sale of Uranium?” Source
  • 4/1/2017 - “When will Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd and @NBCNews start talking about the Obama SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL and stop with the Fake Trump/Russia story?” Source
  • 4/1/2017 - “It is the same Fake News Media that said there is “no path to victory for Trump” that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!” Source
  • 4/3/2017 - Such amazing reporting on unmasking and the crooked scheme against us by @foxandfriends. “Spied on before nomination.” The real story. Source
  • 4/3/2017 - Was the brother of John Podesta paid big money to get the sanctions on Russia lifted? Did Hillary know? Source
  • 4/3/2017 - Did Hillary Clinton ever apologize for receiving the answers to the debate? Just asking!. Source
  • 4/3/2017 - @FoxNews from multiple sources: “There was electronic surveillance of Trump, and people close to Trump. This is unprecedented.” @FBI. Source
  • 5/8/2017 - "Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is “no evidence” of collusion w/ Russia and Trump. " Source
  • 5/8/2017 - “The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end?” Source
  • 5/11/2017 - Trump denies any links to Russia: ‘No loans, no nothing’ Source
  • 5/11/2017 - Russia must be laughing up their sleeves watching as the U.S. tears itself apart over a Democrat EXCUSE for losing the election.Source
  • 5/12/2017 - "Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election. Source
  • 5/12/2017 - “When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?” Source
  • 5/18/2017 - Trump : “This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” Source
  • 5/18/2017 - Trump : “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!” Source
  • 5/30/2017 - “Russian officials must be laughing at the U.S. & how a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election has taken over the Fake News.” Source
  • 5/31/2017 - " So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, don’t want him to testify. He blows away their… Source
  • 5/31/2017 - …case against him & now wants to clear his name by showing “the false or misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan…” Witch Hunt! Source
  • 6/1/2017 - “The big story is the “unmasking and surveillance” of people that took place during the Obama Administration.” Source
  • 6/15/2017 - “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice” Source
  • 6/15/2017 - “You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA” Source
  • 6/15/2017 - “Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russia are not looked at, but my non-dealings are?” Source
    • 6/15/2017 - “Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?” [Source](Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?)
  • 6/16/2017 - “After 7 months of investigations & committee hearings about my “collusion with the Russians,” nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad!” Source
  • 6/16/2017 - "Despite the phony Witch Hunt going on in America, the economic & jobs numbers are great. Regulations way down, jobs and enthusiasm way up!"Source
  • 6/16/2017 - “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt” Source

2.1.4. Instances of complimenting Putin

  • 10/2007 - "“Look at Putin – what he’s doing with Russia – I mean, you know, what’s going on over there. I mean this guy has done – whether you like him or don’t like him – he’s doing a great job in rebuilding the image of Russia and also rebuilding Russia period” Source
  • 6/18/2013 - “Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow - if so, will he become my new best friend?” - Source
  • 9/6/2013 – “I am not angry at Russia (or China) because their leaders are far smarter than ours. We need real leadership, and fast, before it is too late” Source
  • 3/21/2014 – “I believe Putin will continue to re-build the Russian Empire. He has zero respect for Obama or the U.S.!” - Source
  • 3/21/2014 - “Putin has become a big hero in Russia with an all time high popularity. Obama, on the other hand, has fallen to his lowest ever numbers. SAD” - Source
  • 3/27/2014 – "So what I would do—as an example, I own Miss Universe, I was in Russia, I was in Moscow recently and I spoke, indirectly and directly, with President Putin, who could not have been nicer, and we had a tremendous success."Source
  • 4/17/2014 – “America is at a great disadvantage. Putin is ex-KGB, Obama is a community organizer. Unfair.” Source
  • 6/31/2015 – “I think I would just get along very well with Vladimir Putin. I just think so. People say what do you mean? I just think we would. Obama and him, he hates Obama. Obama hates him. We have unbelievably bad relationships.” Source
  • 12/18/2015 – “I’ve always felt fine about Putin. I think that he’s a strong leader” Source
  • 12/20/2015 - “If Putin respects me and if Putin wants to call me brilliant and other things that he said that were frankly very nice, I’ll accept that, and I’ll accept it on behalf of our country,” Source
  • 9/10/2016 - “If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him,” the Republican nominee said. “I’ve already said he is very much of a leader. The man has very strong control over his country" Source

2.1.5. Instances of defending Putin

  • 12/18/2015 - Trump defends Putin in interview with Joe Scarborough. “He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country,” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I think our country does plenty of killing also.” Source
  • 12/20/2015 - Trump says he’s never seen proof of Putin killing Journalists on ABC. Source
  • 10/4/2016 – ““He’s not going into Ukraine,” Trump said. “He’s not going to go into Ukraine. You can mark it down. You can put it down. You can take it anywhere you want.” “He’s already there isn’t he?” Stephanopoulos said. “Well, he’s there in a certain way,” Source
  • 02/4/2017 - Trump recently defended Putin from being called a killer. Source
  • 3/5/2017 - “Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, “Tell Vladimir that after the election I’ll have more flexibility?” @foxandfriends” Source
  • 3/7/2017 - "For eight years Russia “ran over” President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked-off Crimea and added missiles. Weak! “ Source

List of connections/staff with direct ties to Russia:

Bold names have resigned or been fired while also being investigated over Russian ties.

  • Tillerson (Secretary of State) - Very close to Putin. Source
  • Flynn (Former National Security Advisor) - Seems to have a relationship with Putin. Source
  • Paul Manafort (Former campaign Advisor) – Seems to have ties to Russia. Source
  • Carter Page (Former Trump Advisor) – Has close ties to Putin. Source
  • Felix Sater (Trump Associate) – Russian born with ties to Bayrock (Russian Oligarchs) Source
  • Jack Kingston (Former Trump Surrogate) – Has a relationship with Russia. Source
  • Sergei Millian (Trump Associate)-Millian is a Russian Businessman. Source
  • Rick Gates (Former Trump Advisor) – Worked with Manafort pro-Russia Lobbying firm. Source
  • Boris Epshteyn(Former Trump Surrogate/advisor) - Russian born, seems to defend Russia. Source
  • Roger Stone (Trump Ally) – Has relationship with Assange/positive views on Russia Source
  • Wilbur Ross (Trump Commerce Secretary) – Has a relationship with Russia. Source
  • Howard Lurber( Trump Economic Advisor) – Major Russia investor. Source
  • Mike McSherry(Convention Strategy Lead) –pro-Russia Ukrainian lobby. Source
  • Richard Burt (Former Trump Advisor) - Sits on advisory board for Russia’s Alfa Bank. Source
  • Ivanka Trump (Daughter) – Ivanka vacationed with Putin’s rumored girlfriend. Source
  • Donald Trump Jr (Son) – Met with Pro-Russia Diplomats in Paris to discuss Syria. Source

2.2. Dossier

2.2.1. Dossier leak response

  • 1/10/2017 - Trump Dossier leaks. He’s possibly being blackmailed. Source
  • 1/10/2017 - Trump denies the Dossier “FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!” Source
  • 1/11/2017 – “Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!” - Source
  • 1/11/2017 – “Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is “A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE.” Very unfair!” Source
  • 1/13/2017 – “Totally made up facts by sleazebag political operatives, both Democrats and Republicans - FAKE NEWS! Russia says nothing exists.” Source
  • 3/6/2017 – Trump asked Clapper to refute the Dossier. Source

2.3. Involvement with Flynn Scandal

  • 12/30/2016 - The day after Flynn speaks with Russia Trump tweets “Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart!” Source)
  • 2/14/2017 - Story breaks that Trump knew for weeks that Flynn lied and didn’t say anything. Source
  • 2/15/2017 - Trump tweets “This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign.” Source
  • 2/16/2017 - Trump says he didn’t direct Flynn to talk sanctions with Russia, but would have. Source
  • 2/16/2017 – Fox news Correspondent John Roberts confirms Trump was fully briefed on the conversation Flynn had with Russian ambassadors. Source
  • 4/25/2017 - WH denies request for Flynn documents from House Oversight Committee. Source
  • 4/27/2017 - White House spokesman Sean Spicer said that the Pentagon watchdog’s investigation into foreign payments made to Gen. Flynn is “appropriate,” and blamed the Obama administration for approving his security clearance. Source
  • 4/28/2017 - Trump team did background check on Flynn, knew of Turkey ties. Source
  • 5/5/2017 - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior members of President Trump’s transition team about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador weeks before the December call that led to Flynn’s forced resignation, current and former U.S. officials said. Source
  • 5/5/2017 - In late November, a member of Donald Trump’s transition team approached national security officials in the Obama White House with a curious request: Could the incoming team get a copy of the classified CIA profile on Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Source
  • 5/8/2017 - Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News. Source
    • 5/8/2017 - Spicer confirms Obama warned Trump about Flynn. Source
  • 5/8/2017 - The Defense Intelligence Agency didn’t know former director Mike Flynn had been paid nearly $34,000 by a Russian state media outlet when it renewed his security clearance in April 2016. Source
  • 5/8/2017 - Trump tweets “General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration - but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that.” Source
  • 5/10/2017 - White House lawyers have had to warn President Donald Trump repeatedly against reaching out to his fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast. Source
  • 5/11/2017 - Trump defends Flynn in an interview with Lester Holt. Source
  • 5/11/2017 - Amid questions of why it took 18 days to fire Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump said he didn’t feel a sense of urgency in firing his national security adviser based on conversations with top administration lawyers. Source
  • 5/16/2017 - President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. Source
  • 5/17/2017 - Michael T. Flynn told President Trump’s transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign. Source
  • 5/19/2017 - The president has grown obsessed with defending the tough-talking 58-year-old general, repeatedly telling aides and associates in private that Flynn was a ‘good man.’ Source

2.4. Response to Intelligence Community

  • 1/8/2017 - “Before I, or anyone, saw the classified and/or highly confidential hacking intelligence report, it was leaked out to @NBCNews. So serious!” Source
  • 1/11/2017 - “Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to " leak " into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?” Source
  • 1/13/2017 - “released by “Intelligence” even knowing there is no proof, and never will be. My people will have a full report on hacking within 90 days!” Source
  • 2/14/2017 - Following the Flynn Scandal: “The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?” Source
  • 2/15/2017 - “information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia” Source
  • 2/24/2017 - “The FBI is totally unable to stop the national security ‘leakers’ that have permeated our government for a long time. They can’t even find the leakers within the FBI itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on U.S. FIND NOW,” Source
  • 5/2/2017 - "FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony… " Source
    • 5/2/2017 - “…Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?” Source
  • 6/9/2017 - “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Source
  • 6/11/2017 - “I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!’” Source
  • 6/13/2017 - “A.G. Lynch made law enforcement decisions for political purposes…gave Hillary Clinton a free pass and protection. Totally illegal!” Source

2.5 Response to the Press

Some of the tweets or statements listed here are listed elsewhere but it seemed important to note the trend in his response to list them all together.

  • 1/10/2017 - Trump denies the Dossier “FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!” Source
  • 2/15/2017 – Trump tweets “This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign.” Source
  • 2/16/2017 – “FAKE NEWS media, which makes up stories and “sources,” is far more effective than the discredited Democrats - but they are fading fast!” Source
  • 2/16/2017 - The Democrats had to come up with a story as to why they lost the election, and so badly (306), so they made up a story - RUSSIA. Fake news !" -Source
  • 2/17/2017 - “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” Source
  • 2/24/2017 - Trump at CPAC attacks the use of anonymous sources and the media (Following story of Priebus pressuring FBI to deny Russia story. Source
  • 2/24/2017 - News orgs blocked from attending White House Gaggle, seeming those banned were those who had broken stories on the Trump-Russia connection. Buzzfeed, NYT, Politco, CNN, WaPo. Source
  • 3/29/2017 - “Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse!” Source
  • 3/29/2017 - “If the people of our great country could only see how viciously and inaccurately my administration is covered by certain media!” Source
  • 4/1/2017 - "Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: “Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked…” Source
  • 4/1/2017 - “…not associated with Russia. Trump team spied on before he was nominated.” If this is true, does not get much bigger. Would be sad for U.S." Source
  • 4/2/2017 - “The real story turns out to be SURVEILLANCE and LEAKING! Find the leakers.” Source
  • 4/23/2017 - “New polls out today are very good considering that much of the media is FAKE and almost always negative. Would still beat Hillary in …” Source
    • 4/23/2017 - “…popular vote. ABC News/Washington Post Poll (wrong big on election) said almost all stand by their vote on me & 53% said strong leader.” Source
  • 4/29/2017 - “Mainstream (FAKE) media refuses to state our long list of achievements, including 28 legislative signings, strong borders & great optimism!” Source
  • 5/4/2017 - “The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention - never been a time like this!” Source
  • 5/6/2017 - Trump retweets fox interview ".@POTUS: “I’m not against the media. I’m against the FAKE media.” Source
  • 5/7/2017 - “When will the Fake Media ask about the Dems dealings with Russia & why the DNC wouldn’t allow the FBI to check their server or investigate?” Source
  • 5/8/2017 - “Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Counsel.” Source
  • 5/8/2017 - "“Sally Yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today — she said nothing but old news!” Source
  • 5/8/2017 - “Biggest story today between Clapper & Yates is on surveillance. Why doesn’t the media report on this? #FakeNews!” Source
  • 5/10/2017 - “The Roger Stone report on @CNN is false - Fake News. Have not spoken to Roger in a long time - had nothing to do with my decision.” Source
  • 5/12/2017 - “Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.” Source
  • 5/12/2017 - “The Fake Media is working overtime today!” Source
  • 5/28/2017 - “It is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media.” Source
  • 5/28/2017 - “Whenever you see the words ‘sources say’ in the fake news media, and they don’t mention names…” Source
  • 5/28/2017 - “…it is very possible that those sources don’t exist but are made up by fake news writers. #FakeNews is the enemy!” Source
  • 5/28/2017 - “The Fake News Media works hard at disparaging & demeaning my use of social media because they don’t want America to hear the real story!” Source
  • 6/6/2017 - “The FAKE MSM is working so hard trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out.” Source
  • 6/6/2017 - “Sorry folks, but if I would have relied on the Fake News of CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, washpost or nytimes, I would have had ZERO chance winning WH” Source
  • 6/11/2017 - “The #FakeNews MSM doesn’t report the great economic news since Election Day. #DOW up 16%. #NASDAQ up 19.5%. Drilling & energy sector…” Source
    • /6/11/2017 - “…way up. Regulations way down. 600,000+ new jobs added. Unemployment down to 4.3%. Business and economic enthusiasm way up- record levels!” Source
  • 6/13/2017 - “The Fake News Media has never been so wrong or so dirty. Purposely incorrect stories and phony sources to meet their agenda of hate. Sad!” Source
  • 6/13/2017 - “Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???” Source
  • 6/16/2017 - “The Fake News Media hates when I use what has turned out to be my very powerful Social Media - over 100 million people! I can go around them” Source

2.6. Trump-Obama wire-tapping accusations

  • 3/4/2017 - Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping Trump tower in a series of tweets. 1. Source 2. Source 3. Source 4. Source
  • 3/4/2017 – An Obama spokesperson has stated this is “simply false” Source
  • 3/4/2017 - “Donald F. McGahn II, the president’s chief counsel, was working to secure access to what Mr. McGahn believed to be an order issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court authorizing some form of surveillance related to Mr. Trump and his associates.” Source
  • 3/4/2017 – Multiple GOP Reps/Sens call on Trump to share info to support his claims. Source
  • 3/5/2017 - Sean Spicer tweets out that Trump is requesting Senate Intel Committee as part of their Russia investigation to look into possible abuse of power by executive branch in 2016. No additional comments will be given. Source
  • 3/5/2017 - Clapper denies a wiretap of Trump tower. Source
  • 3/6/2017 - "White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn’t believe Comey that Obama didn’t wiretap. Source
  • 3/6/2017 - Comey asks Justice Dept to reject Trump’s wiretapping claim. Source
  • 3/7/2017 - Comey was frustrated that his request for DOJ to knock down the story went unanswered over the weekend, according to the source familiar with the matter, and the FBI director is still trying to figure an appropriate channel for the FBI and DOJ to formally come out and say the allegations are not true. Source
  • 3/13/2017 - Trump administration wants more time to give Intel committee wiretapping proof. Source
  • 3/14/2017 - Spicer: Trump didn’t mean wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping Source
  • 3/16/2017 - Ryan, Senate Intel committee see no evidence of Trump wiretap. Source
  • 3/16/2017 - Spicer says Trump ‘stands by’ unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower. Source
  • 3/16/2017 - British Spy Service Says Claim That It Wiretapped President Trump Is ‘Utterly Ridiculous’. Source
  • 3/17/2017 - Trump Offers No Apology for Claim on British Spying. Source
  • 3/18/2017 - Justice Dept. delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress. Source
  • 3/19/2017 - Zero evidence for Donald Trump’s wiretap claim in Justice Department review, house intelligence chairman says. Source
  • 3/19/2017 - FBI director expected to undercut Trump claims of wiretapping. Source
  • 3/20/2017 – Comey and Rogers deny any wiretap during hearing with Intel Committee. Source
  • 4/4/2017 - Obama aide Susan Rice denies using intel to spy on Trump advisers. Source
  • 4/19/2017 - The intelligence community was allegedly directed to provide cover for President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Trump Tower was wiretapped by his predecessor. Source
  • 5/4/2017 - "Susan Rice, the former National Security Advisor to President Obama, is refusing to testify before a Senate Subcommittee next week on… " Source
    • 5/4/2017 - “…allegations of unmasking Trump transition officials. Not good!” Source
  • The reason I have included this is because it might very well pertain to completely LEGAL FISA warrants the FBI had gotten in the investigation related to Trump and his associates over Russia. They attempted to obtain a FISA on 3 separate occasions, and were successful on the third attempt on Oct 15 2016, when a FISA was granted on Source

2.7 Scandal of leaking intel to Russia

  • 5/10/2017 - Trump hosts meeting with Lavrov at Request of Putin Source
  • 5/10/2017 - Lavrov sarcastically jokes about not knowing Comey was fired during the visit. Source
  • 5/10/2017 - The WH only lets Russian media cover the meeting. Source
  • 5/10/2017 - The WH lets Russian equipment into the Oval office, causing many to be concerned that bugs could be planed. Source
  • 5/10/2017 - The WH fails to mention Trump had also met with Sergei Kislyak. Source
  • 5/15/2017 - Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador. Source
  • 5/15/2017 - Additional reporting saying the leak is far worse than had already been reported. Source
  • 5/16/2017 - The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel. Source
  • 5/16/2017 - Lawmakers expressed shock and concern after learning that President Trump had revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador during a meeting in the Oval Office last week, according to current and former U.S. officials. Source
  • 5/16/2017 - The officials said transition officials removed classified materials from secure rooms and carried them between buildings in Washington without permission. Worried about keeping tabs on the highly sensitive material, the Obama administration officials set new limits on some classified information and explicitly barred Trump aides from viewing that material in their transition offices. Source
  • 5/16/2017 - Trump defends his leaking on twitter in a series of tweets:
    • As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining… Source
    • …to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.Source
    • I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community…Source
  • 5/17/2017 - Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript. Source
  • 5/22/2017 - “Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name ‘Israel’,’” Trump told reporters in Jerusalem. “Never mentioned it during that conversation. They were all saying I did. So you had another story wrong. Never mentioned the word ‘Israel’.” Source

2.8 Trump attempts to stop Investigation.

  • 5/22/2017 - Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election. Source
  • 6/15/2017 - A recent National Security Agency memo documents a phone call in which U.S. President Donald Trump pressures agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers to state publicly that there is no evidence of collusion between his campaign and Russia. Source

2.9 Misc

2.9.1 General

  • Financial disclosures of members of the Trump Administration (not including Pence or Trump) can be found here : Source
  • 11/2/2016 - A newly uncovered video appears to contradict Donald Trump’s claim that he never knew a high-stakes gambler who was banned from New Jersey casinos for alleged ties to organized crime. Source
  • 12/10/2016 - Experts say that if it is true that the Russian government possesses documents belonging to the RNC, Donald Trump’s incoming administration may be the most compromised in U.S. history. Source
  • 3/17/2017 - President greeted German leader with handshake upon her arrival but appeared to ignore requests to do so as the pair sat together in front of TV cameras. Source
  • 4/16/2017 - President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that protesters were paid to hold rallies protesting the president for not releasing his tax returns. Source
  • 4/21/2017 - Trump tweets “Another terrorist attack in Paris. The people of France will not take much more of this. Will have a big effect on presidential election!” which appears to insinuating support for LePen Source
  • 4/25/2017 - Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee acknowledged late Monday that a final report it filed with the Federal Election Commission this month was riddled with errors. Source
  • 5/19/2017 - White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office. Source
  • 5/24/2017 - House Oversight Rep Cummings raises concerns that Trump Org is not properly tracking foreign donations. Source
  • 5/31/2017 - President Donald Trump has exempted his entire senior staff from provisions of his own ethics rules to allow them to work with political and advocacy groups that support the administration. Source
  • 5/31/2017 - “Crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself, refuses to say she was a terrible candidate. Hits Facebook & even Dems & DNC.” Source
  • 5/31/2017 - A day after tweeting that he had “not spoken to Roger in a long time,” Trump called Stone after watching him on TV. Source
  • 6/6/2017 - President Trump’s charity foundation funneled $100,000 in donations meant for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital into revenue for the Trump Organization by using his son’s charity. Additionally, more than $500,000 over 10 years was then re-donated to other charities, including charities connected to members of the Trump family. At least four of those charities also held charity golf tournaments at Trump golf coursesSource

2.9.2 Yuri Bezmenov Parody account

Twitter users have noticed an odd twitter account that suggested quite a few things directed at Trump or members of his campaign.

A well documented overview can be viewed here :

After it got attention The account is was deleted but used to be https://twitter.com/yuri_bezmenov

  • 7/6/2016 - The account tweets"@realDonaldTrump In your next rally tell the media you’re going to ask Putin for all of Hillary’s emails. @DanScavino @MichaelCohen212" which Trump did do.Source
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