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Brant HoustonUniversity of Illinois

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• Russian Interference and Fake News• Origins of the Investigation: Cross Fire

Hurricane• The Dossier• The Mueller Investigation• Spin-off Investigations• Congressional Investigations• The Investigators: Governmental and

Journalistic

Public News Hour https://www.pbs.org/newshour/features/rus

sia-timeline/ Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-

trump-russia-timeline/timeline-big-moments-in-mueller-investigation-of-russian-meddling-in-2016-us-election-idUSKCN1UI278

Nineteen people — including four Trump associates — and three companies have been indicted in the case. Five have pleaded guilty; 13 are Russians accused of meddling in the election

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/russia-investigation-guide.html?action=click&module=inline&pgtype=Article

Mueller's 22-month investigation, however, netted indictments against 34 people and three entities on nearly 200 separate criminal charges. Five associates of Trump have been convicted, and another, Roger Stone, is awaiting trial.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/mar/25/who-has-already-been-indicted-russia-investigation/

The Dossier https://archive.org/stream/TheSteelDossierT

rumpIntelligenceAllegations/The%20Steele%20Dossier%20-%20Trump-Intelligence-Allegations_djvu.txt

The Mueller Report

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/read-the-mueller-report/

Various Congressional Transcripts

Example: Glenn Simpson, GPS Fusion

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20180118/106796/HMTG-115-IG00-20180118-SD002.pdf

Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation

The F.B.I., citing four Trump campaign aides’ ties to Russia, opened a counterintelligence investigation in the summer of 2016 to determine whether Trump associates aided Russia’s election interference.

Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation

The four men were Michael T. Flynn, Paul Manafort, Carter Page and Mr. Papadopoulos, current and former officials said. Each was scrutinized because of his obvious or suspected Russian ties.

The mysterious Joseph Misfud

“I never got any money from the Russians: my conscience is clear,” Mifsud told La Repubblica. “I am not a secret agent.”

Then Mifsud disappeared….Former FBI director James B. Comey, in an opinion column for The Washington Post in May, described Mifsud bluntly as “a Russian agent.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-enigma-of-the-entire-mueller-probe-focus-on-origins-of-russian-investigation-puts-spotlight-on-maltese-professor/2019/06/30/b374fe8c-8185-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html