The Mueller Report

Opening Credits

Introduction to Volume I

Executive Summary to Volume I

I. The Special Counsel's Investigation

II. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign

-A. Structure of the Internet Research Agency

-B. Funding and Oversight from Concord and Prigozhin

-C. The IRA Targets U.S. Elections

--1. The IRA Ramps Up U.S. Operations as Early as 2014

--2. U.S. Operations Through IRA-Controlled Social Media Accounts

--3. U.S. Operations Through Facebook

--4. U.S. Operations Through Twitter

---4.a. Individualized Accounts

---4.b. IRA Botnet Activities

--5. U.S. Operations Involving Political Rallies

--6. Targeting and Recruitment of U.S. Persons

--7. Interactions and Contacts with the Trump Campaign

---7.a. Trump Campaign Promotion of IRA Political Materials

---7.b. Contact with Trump Campaign Officials in Connection to Rallies

III. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations

-A. GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign

--1. GRU Units Target the Clinton Campaign

--2. Intrusions into the DCCC and DNC Networks

---2.a. Initial Access

---2.b. Implantation of Malware on DCCC and DNC Networks

---2.c. Theft of Documents from DNC and DCCC Networks

-B. Dissemination of the Hacked Materials

--1. DCLeaks

--2. Guccifer 2.0

--3. Use of WikiLeaks

---3.a. WikiLeaks's Expressed Opposition Toward the Clinton Campaign

---3.b. WikiLeaks's First Contact with Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks

---3.c. The GRU's Transfer of Stolen Materials to WikiLeaks

---3.d. WikiLeaks Statements Dissembling About the Source of Stolen Materials

-C. Additional GRU Cyber Operations

--1. Summer and Fall 2016 Operations Targeting Democrat-Linked Victims

--2. Intrusions Targeting the Administration of U.S. Elections

-D. Trump Campaign and the Dissemination of Hacked Materials

--1. [REDACTED]

---1.a. Background

---1.b. Contacts with the Campaign About WikiLeaks

---1.c. [REDACTED]

---1.d. WikiLeaks's October 7, 2016 Release of Stolen Podesta Emails

---1.e. Donald Trump Jr. Interaction with WikiLeaks

--2. Other Potential Campaign Interest in Russian Hacked Materials

---2.a. Henry Oknyansky (a/k/a Henry Greenberg)

---2.b. Campaign Efforts to Obtain Deleted Clinton Emails

IV. Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign

-A. Campaign Period (September 2015 - November 8, 2016)

--1. Trump Tower Moscow Project

---1.a. Trump Tower Moscow Venture with the Crocus Group (2013-2014)

---1.b. Communications with LC. Expert Investment Company and Giorgi Rtskhiladze (Summer and Fall 2015)

---1.c. Letter of Intent and Contacts to Russian Government (October 2015-January 2016)

----1.c.i. Trump Signs the Letter of Intent on Behalf of the Trump Organization

----1.c.ii. Post-LOI Contacts with Individuals in Russia

---1.d. Discussions About Russia Travel by Michael Cohen or Candidate Trump (December 2015-June 2016)

----1.d.i. Sater's Overtures to Cohen to Travel to Russia

----1.d.ii. Candidate Trump's Opportunities to Travel to Russia

--2. George Papadopoulos

---2.a. Origins of Campaign Work

---2.b. Initial Russia-Related Contacts

---2.c. March 31 Foreign Policy Team Meeting

---2.d. George Papadopoulos Learns That Russia Has "Dirt" in the Form of Clinton Emails

---2.e. Russia-Related Communications with the Campaign

---2.f. Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt"

---2.g. Additional George Papadopoulos Contact

--3. Carter Page

---3.a. Background

---3.b. Origins of and Early Campaign Work

---3.c. Carter Page's July 2016 Trip to Moscow

---3.d. Later Campaign Work and Removal from the Campaign

--4. Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest

---4.a. CNI and Dimitri Simes Connect with the Trump Campaign

---4.b. National Interest Hosts a Foreign Policy Speech at the Mayflower Hotel

---4.c. Jeff Sessions's Post-Speech Interactions with CNI

---4.d. Jared Kushner' s Continuing Contacts with Simes

--5. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower

---5.a. Setting Up the June 9 Meeting

----5.a.i. Outreach to Donald Trump Jr.

----5.a.ii. Awareness of the Meeting Within the Campaign

---5.b. The Events of June 9, 2016

----5.b.i. Arrangements for the Meeting

----5.b.ii. Conduct of the Meeting

---5.c. Post-June 9 Events

--6. Events at the Republican National Convention

---6.a. Ambassador Kislyak's Encounters with Senator Sessions and J.D. Gordon the Week of the RNC

---6.b. Change to Republican Party Platform

--7. Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak

---7.a. Ambassador Kislyak Invites J.D. Gordon to Breakfast at the Ambassador's Residence

---7.b. Senator Sessions's September 2016 Meeting with Ambassador Kislyak

--8. Paul Manafort

---8.a. Paul Manafort's Ties to Russia and Ukraine

----8.a.i. Oleg Deripaska Consulting Work

----8.a.ii. Political Consulting Work

----8.a.iii. Konstantin Kilimnik

---8.b. Contacts During Paul Manafort's Time with the Trump Campaign

----8.b.i. Paul Manafort Joins the Campaign

----8.b.ii. Paul Manafort's Campaign-Period Contacts

----8.b.iii. Paul Manafort's Two Campaign-Period Meetings with Konstantin Kilimnik in the United States

---8.c. Post-Resignation Activities

-B. Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts

--1. Immediate Post-Election Activity

---1.a. Outreach from the Russian Government

---1.b. High-Level Encouragement of Contacts Through Alternative Channels

--2. Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration

---2.a. Background

---2.b. Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contacts with the Incoming Administration

---2.c. Erik Prince and Kirill Dmitriev Meet in the Seychelles

----2.c.i. George Nader and Erik Prince Arrange Seychelles Meeting with Dmitriev

----2.c.ii. The Seychelles Meetings

----2.c.iii. Erik Prince's Meeting with Steve Bannon After the Seychelles Trip

---2.d. Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contact with Rick Gerson Regarding U.S.-Russia Relations

--3. Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn in Trump Tower Following the Election

--4. Jared Kushner' s Meeting with Sergey Gorkov

--5. Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team

--6. Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich

--7. Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn

---7.a. United Nations Vote on Israeli Settlements

---7.b. U.S. Sanctions Against Russia

V. Prosecution and Declination Decisions

-A. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign

-B. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations

--1. Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy

---1.a. Background

---1.b. Charging Decision as to [REDACTED]

--2. Potential Section 1030 Violation By [REDACTED]

-C. Russian Government Outreach and Contacts

--1. Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion

--2. Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951)

---2.a. Governing Law

---2.b. Application

--3. Campaign Finance

---3.a. Overview of Governing Law

---3.b. Application to June 9 Trump Tower Meeting

----3.b.i. Thing-of-Value Element

----3.b.ii. Willfulness

----3.b.iii. Difficulties in Valuing Promised Information

---3.c. Application to WikiLeaks [REDACTED]

----3.c.i. Questions Over [REDACTED]

----3.c.ii. Willfulness

----3.c.iii. Constitutional Considerations

----3.c.iv. Analysis [REDACTED]

--4. False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation

---4.a. Overview of Governing Law

---4.b. Application to Certain Individuals

----4.b.i. George Papadopoulos

----4.b.ii. [REDACTED]

----4.b.iii. Michael Flynn

----4.b.iv. Michael Cohen

----4.b.v. [REDACTED]

----4.b.vi. Jeff Sessions

----4.b.vii. Others Interviewed During the Investigation

Introduction to Volume II

Executive Summary to Volume II

I. Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles

-A. Legal Framework of Obstruction of Justice

-B. Investigative and Evidentiary Considerations

II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation

-A. The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump

--1. Press Reports Allege Links Between the Trump Campaign and Russia

--2. The Trump Campaign Reacts to WikiLeaks's Release of Hacked Emails

--3. The Trump Campaign Reacts to Allegations That Russia Was Seeking to Aid Candidate Trump

--4. After the Election, Trump Continues to Deny Any Contacts or Connections with Russia or That Russia Aided His Election

-B. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn

--1. Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn Discusses Sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak

--2. President-Elect Trump Is Briefed on the Intelligence Community's Assessment of Russian Interference in the Election and Congress Opens Election-Interference Investigations

--3. Flynn Makes False Statements About His Communications with Kislyak to Incoming Administration Officials, the Media, and the FBI

--4. DOJ Officials Notify the White House of Their Concerns About Flynn

--5. McGahn Has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump Has Dinner with FBI Director Comey

--6. Flynn's Resignation

--7. The President Discusses Flynn with FBI Director Comey

--8. The Media Raises Questions About the President's Delay in Terminating Flynn

--9. The President Attempts to Have K.T. McFarland Create a Witness Statement Denying That He Directed Flynn's Discussions with Kislyak

-C. The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBl's Russia Investigation

--1. Attorney General Sessions Recuses from the Russia Investigation

--2. FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms the Existence of the Russia Investigation in Testimony Before HPSCI

--3. The President Asks Intelligence Community Leaders to Make Public Statements That he had No Connection to Russia

--4. The President Asks Comey to "Lift the Cloud" Created by the Russia Investigation

-D. Events Leading Up to and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Director Comey

--1. Comey Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Declines to Answer Questions About Whether the President Is Under Investigation

--2. The President Makes the Decision to Terminate Comey

-E. The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel

--1. The Appointment of the Special Counsel and the President's Reaction

--2. The President Asserts That the Special Counsel Has Conflicts of Interest

--3. The Press Reports That the President Is Being Investigated for Obstruction of Justice and the President Directs the White House Counsel to Have the Special Counsel Removed

-F. The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation

--1. The President Asks Corey Lewandowski to Deliver a Message to Sessions to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation

--2. The President Follows Up with Lewandowski

--3. The President Publicly Criticizes Sessions in a New York Times Interview

--4. The President Orders Priebus to Demand Sessions's Resignation

-G. The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials

--1. The President Learns About the Existence of Emails Concerning the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting

--2. The President Directs Communications Staff Not to Publicly Disclose Information About the June 9 Meeting

--3. The President Directs Trump Jr.'s Response to Press Inquiries About the June 9 Meeting

--4. The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting

-H. The President's Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation

--1. The President Again Seeks to Have Sessions Reverse His Recusal

--2. Additional Efforts to Have Sessions Unrecuse or Direct Investigations Covered by His Recusal

-I. The President Orders McGahn to Deny That the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel

--1. The Press Reports That the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel

--2. The President Seeks to Have McGahn Dispute the Press Reports

-J. The President's Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, [REDACTED]

--1. Conduct Directed at Michael Flynn

--2. Conduct Directed at Paul Manafort

--3. [REDACTED]

-K. The President's Conduct Involving Michael Cohen

--1. Candidate Trump's Awareness of and Involvement in the Trump Tower Moscow Project

--2. Cohen Determines to Adhere to a "Party Line" Distancing Candidate Trump from Russia

--3. Cohen Submits False Statements to Congress Minimizing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in Accordance with the Party Line

--4. The President Sends Messages of Support to Cohen

--5. The President's Conduct After Cohen Began Cooperating with the Government

-L. Overarching Factual Issues

III. Legal Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to the President

-A. Statutory Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Provisions to the Conduct Under Investigation

--1. The Text of Section 1512(c)(2) Prohibits a Broad Range of Obstructive Acts

--2. Judicial Decisions Support a Broad Reading of Section 1512(c)(2)

--3. The Legislative History of Section 1512(c)(2) Does Not Justify Narrowing Its Text

--4. General Principles of Statutory Construction Do Not Suggest That Section 1512(c)(2) Is Inapplicable to the Conduct in This Investigation

--5. Other Obstruction Statutes Might Apply to the Conduct in This Investigation

-B. Constitutional Defenses to Applying Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to Presidential Conduct

-1. The Requirement of a Clear Statement to Apply Statutes to Presidential Conduct Does Not Limit the Obstruction Statutes

-2. Separation-of-Powers Principles Support the Conclusion That Congress May Validly Prohibit Corrupt Obstructive Acts Carried Out Through the President's Official Powers

--2.a. The Supreme Court's Separation-of-Powers Balancing Test Applies in This Context

--2.b. The Effect of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes on the President's Capacity to Perform His Article II Responsibilities Is Limited

--2.c. Congress Has Power to Protect Congressional, Grand Jury, and Judicial Proceedings Against Corrupt Acts from Any Source

-3. Ascertaining Whether the President Violated the Obstruction Statutes Would Not Chill His Performance of His Article II Duties

IV. Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

-Appendix B: Glossary

-Referenced Persons

-Entities and Organizations

-Index of Acronyms

Appendix C

-Appendix C: Introductory Note

-Written Questions and Responses Answered Under Oath by President Donald J. Trump

--I. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower

---Responses of President Donald J. Trump

--II. Russian Hacking/Russian Efforts Using Social Media/WikiLeaks

---Responses of President Donald J. Trump

--III. The Trump Organization Moscow Project

---Responses of President Donald J. Trump

--IV. Contacts with Russia and Russia-Related Issues During the Campaign

---Responses of President Donald J. Trump

--V. Contacts with Russia and Russia-Related Issues During the Transition

---Responses of President Donald J. Trump

-Appendix D

--Special Counsel's Office Transferred, Referred, and Completed Cases

---A. Transfers

---B. Referrals

---C. Completed Prosecutions

End Credits