Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (January–June 2018)

This is a timeline of major events in first half of 2018 related to the investigations into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials and spies that are suspected of being inappropriate, relating to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections before and after July 2016 up until election day November 8, the transition, and the first and second halves of 2017, but precedes the second half of 2018, the first and second halves of 2019, 2020, and 2021.These events are related to, but distinct from, Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections.
Putin's Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for U.S. National Security
Nunes Memo
The US Justice Department warned that the public release of a classified memo alleging abuses in FBI surveillance tactics would be "extraordinarily reckless" [ 60 ]
January 29, 2018– HPSCI Meeting Transcript
Schiff accusing Nunes of making material changes to memo after committee vote
Richard Pinedo statement of the offense
The White House declines to publish the Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo .
Russian troll farm, 13 suspects indicted for interference in U.S. election
Manafort/Gates Eastern District of Virginia superseding indictment
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces indictments of thirteen Russian individuals and three Russian companies
Alex van der Zwaan statement of the offense
Rick Gates statement of the offense
Sam Nunberg subpoena attachment
Minority status of the Russia investigation with appendices
Russian Targeting of Election Infrastructure During the 2016 Election
Alex van der Zwaan Government Sentencing Memorandum (Gov.uscourts.dcd.193647.19.0)
Cohen v US – Gov't Opposition to TRO Request
Michael Cohen search warrants
Ex-FBI-Director-James-Comey-s-memos
The House Intelligence Committee's final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The minority's views on the House Intelligence Committee's final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Senate Judiciary Democrats report – "Preliminary Findings About Trump Campaign's Effort to Obtain Incriminating Information on Secretary Clinton from Russia at Trump Tower Meeting"
Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik superseding indictment June 8, 2018
DOJ-OIG Report. (June 14, 2018)
Trump–Russia relationsBayrock GroupBusiness projects of Donald Trump in RussiaTrump Tower Moscow2016 US election leaksAssociates' links with Russian officialsClassified information disclosuresClinton emailsCyberwarfare by RussiaData seizureDCLeaksDemocratic National Committee cyber attacksDemocratic National Committee v. Russian FederationDismissal of James ComeyFacebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandalForeign electoral interventionForeign policy of Donald Trump (2015–16)Internet Research AgencyPodesta emailsRussia–United States relationsRussian espionage in the United StatesRussian interference (2016)Russian interference (2018)Russian interference (2020)Social mediaTimelinesTrump Tower meetingWikiLeaksAssessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US ElectionsBarr letterCountering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions ActCriminal chargesCrossfire HurricaneDurham investigationIntelligence and Security Committee Russia reportMueller reportMueller special counsel investigationNunes memoReactions to the Mueller special counsel investigationSenate reportSteele dossierTopics of the Mueller special counsel investigationTrials of Paul ManafortAras AgalarovEmin AgalarovRinat AkhmetshinJulian AssangeMaria ButinaMichael CohenJerome CorsiOleg DeripaskaMichael FlynnRick GatesRudy GiulianiRob GoldstoneGuccifer 2.0Ike KaveladzeElena KhusyaynovaKonstantin KilimnikJared KushnerPaul ManafortCarter PageGeorge PapadopoulosDmitry PeskovVladimir PutinFelix SaterDonald TrumpDonald Trump JrEric TrumpIvanka TrumpNatalia VeselnitskayaAlex van der ZwaanAllegations of Obama spying on TrumpAlternative factsAttempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential electionBiden–Ukraine conspiracy theoryConspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandalFalse or misleading statements by Donald TrumpFirehose of falsehoodItalygate conspiracy theoryList of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald TrumpRussia investigation origins counter-narrativeSpygate (conspiracy theory)TrumpismTrump–Ukraine scandalTrump Tower wiretapping allegationsA Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and LeadershipCollusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Trump WinCompromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. TrumpCrime In ProgressFacts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in IntelligenceHoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of TruthThe Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies are Undermining America and Dismantling the WestProof of Conspiracy: How Trump's International Collusion is Threatening American DemocracyThe Threat: How the FBI Protects America In the Age of Terror and TrumpBusiness careerThe Trump Organizationwealthtax returnsMedia careerThe ApprenticebibliographyfilmographyEndorsementsEponymsFamilyFoundationAmerican footballHonorsPublic imagein popular cultureSNL parodieshandshakesLegal affairsSexual misconduct allegationsNicknamespseudonymsRacial viewsComments on John McCainConspiracy theoriesResidencesRhetoricSecurity incidentsTrump dancesecondtimelinePresidential libraryExecutive actionsfirst termsecond termproclamationspardonsforeign'20–'21Namaste TrumpNorth Korea summitsSingaporeRiyadh summitHelsinki summitJanuary 20182018–2019Protestsfederal law enforcement deploymentSt. John's Church photo opFalse or misleading statementsal-BaghdadiSoleimaniAfghanistan withdrawalTikTok controversyAttempts to overturn the 2020 presidential electionFake electors plotChesebro memosEastman memosLawsuitsTexas v. PennsylvaniaJeffrey Clark letterPoliciesEconomytax cutsCanada and Mexicofarmer bailoutsEnvironmentParis withdrawalFirst term overviewSecond term overviewAmerica FirstSaudi Arabia arms dealIran nuclear deal withdrawalJerusalemGolan HeightsPalestine peace planAbraham AccordsUnited States–Taliban dealtravel banfamily separationmigrant detentionstroop deploymentsnational emergencyInfrastructureSocial issuesFirst Step ActcannabisGreater United StatesGorsuchKavanaughBarrettSupreme Court candidatesPresidential campaignsprimarieselectionralliesLas Vegas incidentconventiondebatesMake America Great AgainNever Trump movementpeopleAccess Hollywood tapewiretapping allegationsSpygatepoliticalnon-politicaloppositionGOP reactions to election fraud claimsTrump–Raffensperger phone calleligibilityAgenda 47perpetratorphotographssuspectEffortsresolutionsFirst impeachmentHouse inquirySenate trialSecond impeachmentCapitol attackProposed expungements2020 election federal indictmentClassified documents federal indictmentspecial counsel investigationPlasmic EchoFBI search of Mar-a-LagoTrump v. United StatesNew York indictmentStormy Daniels scandalfinancial fraudGeorgia election indictmentGeorgia election investigationmug shotCOVID-19 pandemicTaskforceCommunicationGovernment responsestimulus billsCARES ActConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021Operation Warp SpeedWhite House outbreakInterference with science agencieslinks between associatesRussian interference in the 2016 United States electionstimeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections beforeafter July 2016 up until election day November 8transitionthe firstsecond halves of 2017second half of 2018second halves of 20192020, and 2021Russian interference in the 2018 United States electionsTimeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (January–June 2017)Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2017)Russian Cultural Centerflight riskRepublicansFire and FuryMichael Wolffmeeting with Natalia Veselnitskayacriminal referralrecuseRichard BlumenthalSheldon WhitehouseFancy BearBuzzFeedFusion GPSdefamationdossierFTI ConsultingZalmay KhalilzadAfghanistancomputer crimesComputer Crime and Intellectual Property SectionCayman IslandsNew York state courtdamagesDavid J. KramerAvi Berkowitzexecutive privilegeJeff SessionsCentral Bank of Russia'sAlexander Torshinmoney launderingJim HimesRed CrossSalvation ArmySamaritan's PurseManager Magazinmemo authored by NunesKash PatelRussian propagandaMeduzaKaspersky LabEugene KasperskyDonna BrazileCabinetFacebookTwitterobstruction of justiceabuse of powerTom GreenCenter for the National InterestVeselnitskaya meetingde VolkskrantCozy Bearattacks on the DNCletter of intentboard memberRobby MookMark WarnerDeputy Director of the FBINunes memorandumMike Quigleyobstruct justiceConstitutionpower to pardonThe GuardianChristopher SteeleMark CoralloInternational Republican InstituteABC NewsBloombergJon HuntsmanSergey NaryshkinDana BoentePsy-GroupJoel Zamelpsychological operationsTony FabriziomotionsUnited States District Court for the District of ColumbiaThe National InterestRichard Pinedoidentity fraudPayPalJames E. BoasbergComey's memosFreedom of Information ActChuck ToddMeet the PressUnited States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligencecontempt of CongressFox & FriendsDevin NunesRob PorterJohn Mashburnattorney client privilegeRoy CohnTow Center for Digital JournalismTumblrSecretary of StateRex TillersonFox News2018 midterm electionsUnited StatesDHS National Protection and Programs DirectorateRod RosensteinAlexei NavalnyYouTubeAnastasia VashukevichSergei PrikhodkoRick DavisvettingRichard BurtJennifer PalmieriRon WydenSenate Finance CommitteePalm Beach mansionDmitry RybolovlevInstagramMedia freedom in Russiaconflict in Donbas2019 Ukrainian presidential election2018 midtermsAssociated PressTom MalinowskiVictoria NulandJohn KerryIRA/GlavsetDistrict of ColumbiaRhona GraffMunich Security ConferenceSergei LavrovLos Angeles TimesH. R. McMasterindicting the Russian officialsSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & FlomYulia TymoshenkoGerman KhanStephen Calkhome equity loansSam NunbergDistrict Court for the Eastern District of Virginiabank fraudfederal prosecutorThomas Greenconspiracy against the United Statesmaking false statementsPodesta GroupDana RohrabacherForeign Agents Registration ActAlan Friedmanwitness tamperingRussian oligarchViktor VekselbergNew York-area airportwithout prejudiceHope HicksMike RogersD.D.C.Amy Berman JacksonDNC emailsApollo Global ManagementExxonMobilRosneftRichard Burrtroll farmRedditJohn M. DowdMegyn KellyNBC NewsTartarsRussian citizenshipCharles KushnerAli Sharif Al Emadi666 Fifth Avenueblockade of QatarUnited Arab EmiratesCorey LewandowskiKeith SchillerRoger StoneSteve BannonThe New YorkerMitt Romneyproject for a Trump Tower in MoscowGeorge Naderpersonally identifying information2013 Miss Universesearch warrantHouse Intelligence Committeeclassifiedredactednerve agentpoisoning of Sergei and Yulia SkripalFederal Election CommissionSteve GoldsteinMike PompeoAdam Schiffranking memberemailsJohn PodestaAndrew McCabeCambridge AnalyticaSCL GroupAlfa-BankThe ObserverquantitativesocialChannel 4New York Republican PartyEd CoxFederal Trade Commissionconsent decreeelection securityYahoo! NewsHuffington PostimmunityElliott BroidyMueller's investigationDemocratic National Committeemilitary intelligence directorateHouse Judiciary CommitteeBob GoodlatteFISA surveillance2016 electionBritish High CourtInformation Commissioner's OfficeBracewell & GiulianiBannonRebekah MercerAlexander NixNational Security CouncilSergei SkripalSalisbury, EnglandSydney Blumenthalcampaign managerPanos KammenosState DepartmentChristopher WyliePalantirPeter ThielTed MallochLondon's HeathrowBoston's LoganNigel FarageBijan RafiekianKamil Ekim AlptekinDoJ National Security DivisionEastern District of VirginiaJohn Dowdidea of Trump pardoningProPublicaCharles GrassleyEcuadorinspector generalpost-Soviet statesLatviaRobert GoodlatteTrey Gowdyspecial counselmessaging appsSenate Intelligence CommitteeKonstantin NikolaevVolodymyr ZelenskyyJoe Bidenhis sonFirst presidency of Donald TrumpImpeachment inquiry into Donald TrumpFirst impeachment of Donald TrumpFirst impeachment trial of Donald Trump2020 U.S. presidential electionForeign interference in the 2020 United States electionsPresident Donald TrumpJohn BoltonPam BondiTom BossertPat CipolloneFiona HillCharles KuppermanMick MulvaneyMike PenceTony SayeghMichael AtkinsonWilliam BarrUlrich BrechbuhlCatherine CroftDavid HaleDavid HolmesGeorge KentSteve LinickMichael McKinleyPhilip ReekerGordon SondlandBill TaylorKurt VolkerJennifer WilliamsMarie YovanovitchLaura CooperKathryn L. WheelbargerJohn EisenbergTim MorrisonAlexander VindmanJoseph MaguireNancy PelosiLindsey GrahamPete SessionsKashyap PatelElise StefanikJim JordanAndriy BohdanDmytro FirtashSerhiy LeshchenkoMykola ZlochevskyYuriy LutsenkoJay SekulowNoah FeldmanMichael GerhardtPamela S. KarlanJonathan TurleyAndrew P. BakajHunter BidenIgor FrumanAmos HochsteinLev ParnasRick PerryJohn SolomonRussell VoughtMark ZaidBurismaCrowdStrikeNaftogazUkrainian chief prosecutorTrump administrationJavelin missilesAnnie DonaldsonMatt GaetzLou Dobbs TonightMark ZuckerbergKirill ShamalovElliott Broidy'sU.S. attorneysDonald J. Trump FoundationVictor PinchukU.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New YorkStormy Daniels affairSeychellesMohammed bin Zayed Al NahyanPragueU.S. ambassador to the United NationsNikki HaleyMargaret BrennanFace The Nationtalking pointsMikhail FridmanPetr AvenSuperior Court of the District of Columbialibel suitsPittsburgh police departmentDNC suesTrump campaignPhillip RuffinFedor EmelianenkoHouse JudiciaryHouse OversightSenate Judiciary CommitteeSenate Majority LeaderMitch McConnellRussian prosecutor generalYuri Chaikaredacted versionactive measuresBritish Foreign OfficeHouse Freedom Caucusarticles of impeachmentsuper-PACTrump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.Barry Zekelmanstraw donationMiss Universe OrganizationAmerican Universityinternational relationsData PropriaEmerdataTy CobbTom Barrackpresidential transitionTrump's inaugurationOliver NorthPeter BrownellDavid CornMother JonesDana LoeschConcord Management and Consultingin federal courtWashington, D.C.The Daily BeastErik PrinceTrump's inaugural fundAndrii ArtemenkoUnited States Cyber CommandDirector of National Intelligencesmoking gunburied the leadunredactedVirginia federal courtBob MenendezSherrod BrownJustice Department inspector generalRepublican National CommitteeJohn KellyContinental Resources, Inc.Harold HammJames Clapperproffer agreementWashingtonwiretaprecusallegal defense fundJames ComeyWorld Chess FederationBeatriz MarinellowhistleblowerFour Seasons HotelCrown PrinceAbu DhabiTony BlairThe New York TimesdictatedRudolph Giulianithe pressWhite House press briefingSarah Huckabee Sandersterm of imprisonmentAttorney GeneralChristopher RuddyCurt WeldonBen RhodesKonstantin V. Kilimnikgrand jurySteven EngelGeorge T. Conway IIICounselor to the PresidentKellyanne ConwayconstitutionalityArron BanksBrexitLeave.EUDigital, Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeRussian ambassador to the U.K.Alexander YakovenkoTrump transition teamTrump TowerFBC MediaDepartment of Justice Inspector GeneralU.S. District JudgeDabney Friedrichpress gaggleStephen MillerThe Washington PostJake Tapperpolitical action committeedeposedmotion to suppress evidenceJimmy DoreOffice of Legal CounselJustin AmashYevgeniy PrigozhinGeoffrey PalmerTimeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)Criminal charges brought in the Mueller special counsel investigationEfforts to impeach Donald TrumpList of lawsuits involving Donald TrumpPropaganda in post-Soviet RussiaSocial media in the 2016 United States presidential electionTimelines related to Donald Trump and Russian interference in United States elections2017–18 United States political sexual scandalsPoliticoMuller III, Robert S.Schmidt, Michael S.Grassley, Charles E.Graham, Lindsey O.United States SenateSelect Committee on IntelligenceCourt ListenerRaju, ManuLeopold, JasonCormier, AnthonyBuzzFeed NewsReutersNew YorkNewsweekBusiness Insider UKAckerman, SpencerHaberman, MaggieSavage, CharlieApuzzo, MattInternet ArchiveBloomberg LPHarris, ShaneSchiff, Adam [@RepAdamSchiff]Mueller III, Robert S.Rhee, Jeannie S.U.S. Department of JusticeBusiness InsiderWTOP-FMTodd, ChuckWoodruff, BetsySilverman, CraigWinter, JanaForeign PolicyVanity FairBergen, PeterJohnson, CarrieLATimes.comRucker, PhilipWeissmann, AndrewWikimedia CommonsWatkins, AliNixon, RonTur, KatyCBS NewsArkin, William M.TVNewserSwan, JonathanMayer, JaneThe HillDemirjian, KarounHouse Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceUnited States House of RepresentativesThe Rachel Maddow ShowMcClatchyDCGrewal, PaulThe News & ObserverMichael Isikoff [@Isikoff]Lewis, PaulSenate Select Committee on IntelligenceTalking Points MemoFoer, FranklinThe AtlanticGoodlatte, BobSessions III, Jefferson B.Kiley, SamMendel, IuliiaMazzetti, MarkPoulsen, KevinBrown, PamelaCollins, KaitlanSchroepfer, MikeKaczynski, AndrewBorger, GloriaNJ.comBaker, PeterLandler, MarkMartin, JonathanLeonnig, Carol D.Troianovski, AntonLawfareChicago TribuneRosenberg, MatthewGoldman, AdamLaFraniere, SharonThe Minority Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceCosta, RobertHorwitz, SariHelderman, Rosalind S.Hamburger, TomDawsey, JoshNakashima, EllenVogel, Kenneth P.Rappeport, AlanLipton, EricHarris, SeanNew York magazineJacobs, BenSmith, DavidWines, MichaelDana Loesch [@DLoesch]Meyer, JoshU.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryTheHill.comJudy WoodruffPBS NewsHourClapper, JamesLiu, Jessie K.Google DriveKevin PoulsenKarni, AnnieFandos, NicholasIsikoff, MichaelYahoo NewsTrump, Donald J. [@realDonaldTrump]Donald J. Trump [@realDonaldTrump]Michael S. Schmidt [@nytmike]DocumentCloudConway, GeorgeBrookings InstitutionSabbagh, DanThe Sunday TimesTrump, Donald J.whitehouse.govNational ArchivesNew York Daily NewsBusinessInsider.comTheGuardian.comTimeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States electionsAbramson, SethBenkler, YochaiBittman, LadislavThe KGB and Soviet DisinformationRoy GodsonChait, JonathanThe Daily IntelligencerFrank, ThomasHarding, LukeKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupHoward, Philip N.Jamieson, Kathleen HallLichtman, Allan J.The Case for ImpeachmentLuce, EdwardFinancial TimesMcCain, JohnGraham, LindseySchumer, ChuckReed, JackUnited States Senate Committee on Armed ServicesOsnos, EvanRemnick, DavidPacepa, Ion MihaiRychlak, Ronald J.Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting TerrorismCenter for American ProgressInternational Business TimesShane, ScottShultz, Richard H.Godson, RoyDezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet StrategyBloomberg NewsToobin, JeffreyUnger, CraigThe New RepublicWatts, ClintDesjardins, LisaUSA TodayPolitiFactJust SecurityDNC cyber attacksSVR RFDCCC cyber attacksDNC email leakPizzagate conspiracy theoryFake news websitesRussia and BLMTopicalbefore July 2016July 2016 – election dayJan–Jun 2017Jul–Dec 2017Jul–Dec 2018Jan–Jun 2019Jul–Dec 20192020–2022Durham special counsel investigationLegal teamslist of chargesUnited States v. FlynnLinks between Trump associates and RussiaTrump business projects in RussiaReactionsDNC lawsuit2018 interferenceSenate Intelligence Committee report2020 interferenceVulkan files leakKremlin papersRussian disinformationRussian web brigadesPropaganda in RussiaThe Plot to Hack AmericaRussian RouletteIntelligence and Security Committee reportRussian interference in British politics2016 Brexit referendum2017 Macron e-mail leaksRussian interference in European politicsLinks between Trump associates and Russian officials2016 election interference (before July 2016)(July 2016 – election day)(post-election transition)Jan–JunJul–Dec2020–2022 investigationsRobert MuellerInternet Research Agency (IRA)trialsYevgeny PrigozhinGreg CraigSam PattenCrossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)Donald Trump Jr.Presidency of Donald TrumpSpecial Counsel Independence and Integrity ActInaugurationOpinion pollingexecutive orderspresidential proclamationsState funeral of George H. W. BushState funeral of Ruth Bader GinsburgExecutive clemencypardon of Joe Arpaiocommutation of Jaime DavidsonTravel banslegal challengesreplacementExecutive Order 13767Family separation policyOperation Faithful PatriotAnonymous senior official op-edJerusalem recognitionGolan Heights recognitionPeace planBahrainMoroccoKosovo–Serbia agreementNorth Korea crisispeace processSingapore summitHanoi summitDMZ summitLinks between Trump administration and Russian government officialsRussian bounty programSyria strikesProposed invasion of VenezuelaTaiwan callWithdrawal from the Iran nuclear dealDeath of Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiAssassination of Qasem SoleimaniCOVID-19 pandemic responseWhite House COVID-19 outbreakPolitical interference with science agenciesFederal government data breachimpeachment inquiryfirst trialsecond trialPhoto op at St. John's Church2020 Mount Rushmore Fireworks CelebrationNational Garden of American HeroesJanuary 6 United States Capitol attackaftermathcontinued protestsdomestic reactionsinternational reactionsJudicial appointmentscontroversiesBiden transitionFirst 100 days2020–2021internationalby Rex Tillersonby Mike PompeoJoint session of CongressWarsaw speechNational Scout JamboreeState of the Union Address2019 Oval Office address2020 Oval Office addressFarewell addressChina trade wartariffsParis Agreement withdrawalAmerica's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018as candidateas PresidentImmigrationSpace policyPersonnelAmbassadorsAttorneysEconomic advisorsWithdrawn appointeesShort-tenure appointeesDismissals and resignationsinspectors general← Obama administrationBiden administration →