March 2016
March6
George
Papadopoulos joins the campaign. He says he was told that a priority of the campaign was a better relationship with Russia.
March14
He
meets with a London-based professor who claims to have ties to the Russian government.
March15
Russian
hackers begin targeting computer networks of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Clinton campaign.
March19
They
send a phishing email to John D. Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and proceed to steal the entire contents of his account — about 50,000 emails.
March21
Trump
names members of his foreign policy team, including Papadopoulos and Carter Page.
March24
The
professor introduces Papadopoulos to a Russian woman described as Putin’s niece (she was not) and they all discuss setting up a meeting between Trump and Putin.
March24
Papadopoulos
emails campaign officials about his new Russian contacts.
March28
Paul
Manafort, a veteran Republican strategist, is brought on to the campaign to lead the delegate-wrangling effort.
March31
Papadopoulos
tells Trump, Senator Jeff Sessions and others at a campaign meeting that he can arrange a meeting between Trump and Putin. »
April 2016
April1
Shortly
after he joins the campaign, Page is invited to deliver a commencement address at a prestigious economic school in Moscow.
April6
A
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee employee opens a link to a fraudulent login page and enters password.
April6
Fake
ad: “You know, a great number of black people support us saying that #HillaryClintonIsNotMyPresident.”
April6
Russian
hackers send spearphishing emails to the accounts of others on the Clinton campaign.
April7
Fake
ad: “I say no to Hillary Clinton / I say no to manipulation.”
April10
Papadopoulos
reaches out to the Russian woman.
April11
Manafort
emails Konstantin V. Kilimnik, a longtime Russian associate, to make sure Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch close to Putin, knows that he is on the Trump campaign.
April11
Kilimnik
confirms Deripaska is aware.
April11
Papadopoulos
emails the Russian woman about setting up a trip to Russia. She responds that she is “excited about the possibility of a good relationship” with Trump.
April12
Russian
hackers use stolen credentials to infiltrate the D.C.C.C.’s computer network and install malware.
April15
They
search the network for “hillary,” “cruz,” and “trump” and copy a folder called “Benghazi Investigations.”
April18
The
professor introduces Papadopoulos to Ivan Timofeev, a Russian claiming to connections to the Russian foreign ministry.
April18
Russian
hackers break into the D.N.C.’s computers.
April18
Papadopoulos
has multiple conversations with Timofeev about setting up a meeting between the campaign and the Russian government.
April19
Fake
ad: “JOIN our #HillaryClintonForPrison2016.”
April19
Russian
hackers create a fictitious online persona, DCLeaks, to release stolen documents.
April22
Timofeev
thanks Papadopoulos “for an extensive talk” and proposes meeting in London or Moscow.
April25
Papadopoulos
tells Stephen Miller, a top campaign adviser, that Putin wants to meet Trump.
April26
The
professor tells Papadopoulos that the Russians have “dirt” on Clinton in the form of thousands of emails. »
This occurs about two months before the Russian hacking is publicly revealed and is the first of at least two times the Trump campaign is told Russia has “dirt” on Hillary Clinton.
April27
Trump
briefly meets Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, at a reception before his first major foreign policy speech.
April27
Jared
Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, also meets Kislyak before the speech.
April27
Papadopoulos
emails Miller again.
April27
He
also emails Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager, “to discuss Russia’s interest in hosting Mr. Trump.”
May 2016
May1
Papadopoulos
tells the Australian ambassador to Britain that Russia has dirt on Clinton. »
This revelation provoked the F.B.I. to open a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign months before the presidential election.
May4
Timofeev
says his colleagues from the ministry “are open for cooperation.”
May4
Papadopoulos
forwards Timofeev’s email to Lewandowski.
May4
Manafort
meets with Kilimnik.
May5
Papadopoulos
forwards Timofeev’s email to Sam Clovis, another campaign aide.
May8
Timofeev
proposes putting Papadopoulos in touch with another Russian official.
May10
Fake
ad: “Donald wants to defeat terrorism … Hillary wants to sponsor it.”
May10
Rick
Dearborn, a campaign aide, receives an email about arranging a back-channel meeting between Trump and Putin. The subject line of the email is “Kremlin Connection.” It is sent from a conservative operative who said Russia wanted to use the National Rifle Association’s convention to make “first contact.”
May14
Papadopoulos
tells Lewandowski that the Russians are interested in hosting Trump.
May16
Page
floats the idea with the campaign of Trump going to Russia in his place “to raise the temperature a little bit.”
May16
Dearborn
receives a second, similar, proposal, which he forwards to Kushner, Manafort and Rick Gates, a business associate of Manafort’s. Kushner rebuffs the proposal. »
Both efforts appear to involve Alexander Torshin, a key figure in Mr. Putin’s United Russia party who was instructed to make contact with the Trump campaign. Mr. Torshin met Donald Trump Jr. at a dinner during the N.R.A.’s annual convention a few days later.
May19
Fake
ad: “Vote Republican, vote Trump, and support the Second Amendment!”
May20
Trump
Jr. meets briefly with Torshin and Maria Butina, a Russian later accused of being a covert agent, at an N.R.A.-sponsored dinner.
May21
Papadopoulos
forwards an email from Timofeev to Manafort, who forwards it to Gates with a note: “We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips.”
May24
Fake
ad: “Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote.”
May25
Thousands
of D.N.C. emails are stolen.
May26
Trump
clinches the Republican nomination.
May27
At
a rally the next day, he calls Putin “a strong leader.”
June 2016
June1
Papadopoulos
tells Clovis that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked if Trump is interested in visiting Russia.
June3
Aras
Agalarov is told that the Russian government wants to give the Trump campaign damaging information about Clinton.
June3
His
son, Emin, enlists Goldstone to reach out to Trump Jr. and arrange a meeting.
June3
Trump
Jr. replies within minutes: “If it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.” »
This is the second time a campaign official was told of “dirt” on Clinton.
June4
Russian
trolls use a fake email account to publicize a June “March for Trump” rally in New York.
June5
They
also reach out to the Trump campaign for rally signs.
June6
Clinton
becomes the presumptive Democratic nominee.
June6
Goldstone
follows up with Trump Jr. about when he can “talk with Emin by phone about this Hillary info.”
June6
Trump
Jr. calls Emin.
June7
Trump
Jr. calls Emin again. »
Phone records show Trump Jr. called a blocked number before and after calls to Emin.
June7
Goldstone
tells Trump Jr. that Emin asked him to schedule a meeting “with you and the Russian government attorney who is flying over from Moscow for this Thursday.”
June7
Trump
Jr. confirms the meeting and says Manafort and Kushner are likely to join him.
June7
Trump
promises to deliver a major address detailing Clinton’s “corrupt dealings.” »
This statement comes three hours after Trump Jr. confirms the Trump Tower meeting. The speech never happens.
June7
Fake
ad: “Trump is our only hope for a better future!”
June8
DCLeaks.com
goes live and posts thousands of stolen emails.
June8
Trump
Jr. forwards the entire email chain with Goldstone to Kushner and Manafort. The subject line is “Russia – Clinton – private and confidential.”
June9
Trump
Tower Russia meeting. »
The Russians nabbed a meeting at Trump Tower with top campaign officials, including the president’s eldest son, after promising damaging information about Clinton.
June10
Trump
receives a birthday gift from the Agalarovs.
June14
The
D.N.C. breach becomes public. »
June14
Russian
hackers create the Guccifer 2.0 persona to help throw suspicion off Russia.
June14
Goldstone
forwards a story about the D.N.C. hacking to Emin and a Russian who attended the meeting, describing the news as “eerily weird” given what they had discussed at Trump Tower.
June15
Guccifer
2.0 announces it is releasing “just a few docs from many thousands I extracted when hacking into DNC’s network.”
June16
Trolls
use stolen Social Security numbers to open bank and PayPal accounts.
June17
Trump
sends a thank you note to Agalarov for the birthday present.
June19
Page
emails Lewandowski and Hope Hicks, Trump’s spokeswoman, about his upcoming Moscow trip. He also mentions it to Sessions during a dinner in Washington. »
June19
Papadopoulos
Skypes and emails Timofeev about a campaign official coming to Russia.
June19
Papadopoulos
tells Lewandowski he can travel to Russia if Trump cannot.
June20
Guccifer
2.0: “Hi! I’m on Twitter now! this is my official account!”
June22
WikiLeaks
asks Guccifer 2.0 for the stolen D.N.C. emails.
June23
Fake
Facebook account is used to hire someone to help with a rally.
June24
Manafort
says it is “absurd” to think there are any ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
June24
Trump
Jr. says it is “disgusting” and “phony” to suggest that Russia is helping Trump. »
His meeting with Russians two weeks earlier would be reported by The Times in July 2017.
June25
“March
for Trump” rally in New York organized by Russians.
June29
Goldstone
emails Scavino about the Russian social media platform, saying he mentioned the idea “to Don and Paul Manafort during a meeting recently.”
June30
Fake
ad: “#NeverHillary #HillaryForPrison #Hillary4Prison #HillaryForPrison2016 #Trump2016 #Trump #Trump4President”
July 2016
July5
Posters
with a sham quote attributed to Clinton ordered for “Save American Muslims” rally.
July6
WikiLeaks
asks Guccifer 2.0 to send anything “Hillary related” prior to the Democratic National Convention.
July7
Manafort
emails Kilimnik and offers to give private briefings to Deripaska.
July7
Page
delivers the commencement speech in Moscow. While there, he speaks with a Russian deputy prime minister, who expresses strong support for Trump. He also speaks with the head of investor relations for a Russian energy firm.
July9
Washington,
D.C., rally organized by Russians: “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims.”
July12
Facebook
ads bought for “Down With Hillary” rally.
July14
Guccifer
2.0 sends WikiLeaks instructions for accessing the stolen D.N.C. documents.
July14
Papadopoulos
tells Timofeev that “our side” has approved a meeting with Russians.
July18
Kislyak
is among a small group of diplomats who chat with Sessions after an event at the Republican National Convention (July 18-21).
July18
Several
other campaign officials, including Page, also chat with the Russian ambassador during the convention.
July20
Fake
ad: “Ohio Wants Hillary 4 Prison.”
July21
Trump
accepts the Republican nomination for president.
July21
Papadopoulos
tells Timofeev to “keep an eye” on Trump’s acceptance speech. “Should be good.”
July22
Days
before the Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks releases nearly 20,000 stolen emails.
July23
New
York rally organized by Russians: “Down with Hillary.”
July26
Fake
Facebook group “United Muslims of America” posts that Muslim voters are “between Hillary Clinton and a hard place.”
July27
Trump:
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” »
July27
For
the first time, Russian hackers attack accounts at a domain used by Clinton’s personal office.
These events happened on the same day, but it is not known whether the Russians’ actions were actually in response to Trump’s statement.
July29
Kilimnik
emails Manafort to set up another meeting.
August 2016
Aug.2
Trolls
send message to a real Trump Facebook account about “organizing a YUGE pro-Trump flash mob in every Florida town.”
Aug.2
Trolls
use stolen identity to send emails to Florida grassroots groups to organize the Florida rallies.
Aug.2
Manafort
has dinner with Kilimnik in New York.
Aug.4
Fake
ad: “Hillary Clinton has already committed voter fraud during the Democrat Iowa Caucus.”
Aug.8
Over
the next couple of months, Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime Trump adviser, repeatedly claims he is in contact with Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, and seems to foreshadow the release of Podesta’s emails. »
Stone later denies any direct contact with Assange or having advance knowledge of the document dumps.
Aug.10
Fake
ad: “We cannot trust Hillary to take care of our veterans!”
Aug.11
Fake
Twitter account posts accusations of voter fraud in North Carolina.
Aug.14
Stone
begins a series of relatively benign private messages on Twitter with Guccifer 2.0, whom he says is not a Russian front.
Aug.15
Clovis
encourages Papadopoulos to make the trip to Russia.
Aug.16
Trolls
use a fake Instagram account to promote the pro-Trump Florida rallies.
Aug.18
Money
is wired to a person who is building a cage large enough to hold a Clinton impersonator at a rally.
Aug.18
Russians
pose as Americans and coordinate with Trump campaign staff members to organize Florida rallies.
Aug.19
Manafort
is ousted from the campaign days after reports disclosed financial dealings with the pro-Russia party of a former Ukrainian president. »
Aug.19
Fake
persona is used to ask a real Tea Party activist to promote the Florida rallies.
Aug.20
Multiple
Florida rallies organized by Russians.
Aug.21
Stone
tweets: “Trust me, it will soon [be] the Podesta’s time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary.”
Aug.31
Facebook
ads are bought for the New York rally.
September 2016
Sept.8
Sessions
meets with Kislyak in his Senate office.
Sept.9
A
Clinton impersonator is asked to travel to New York for another rally.
Sept.20
WikiLeaks
sends a direct Twitter message to Trump Jr. He thanks WikiLeaks for the message and emails several top campaign officials, including Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway and Kushner to let them know.
October 2016
Oct.2
Pennsylvania
rallies organized by Russians: “Miners for Trump”
Oct.3
WikiLeaks
sends another private message to Trump Jr., asking him to push a story about Clinton.
Oct.3
Trump
Jr. says he’s already pushed the story.
Oct.7
The
Obama administration accuses the Russian government of hacking. »
Oct.7
An
“Access Hollywood” tape of Trump making lewd remarks about women surfaces. »
Oct.7
WikiLeaks
posts the first of thousands of Podesta’s emails. »
These three significant events happened within hours of one another on the afternoon of Oct. 7. WikiLeaks then released a new batch of Podesta’s emails every day until the election.
Oct.10
Trump:
“I love WikiLeaks!”
Oct.12
In
another private Twitter message, WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr. if he can ask his father to tweet about the Podesta emails. »
Oct.12
Soon
after Trump Jr. receives the message, Trump tweets: “Very little pick-up by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by WikiLeaks. So dishonest! Rigged system!”
Trump seemed to tweet about the emails 15 minutes after WikiLeaks sent its request to Trump Jr.
Oct.14
Fake
ad: “Among all the candidates Donald Trump is the one and only who can defend the police from terrorists.”
Oct.16
Instagram
account “Woke Blacks” used to encourage people of color not to vote.
Oct.19
Fake
ad: “Hillary is a Satan, and her crimes and lies had proved just how evil she is.”
Oct.27
Cohen
creates a shell company to pay off Stephanie Clifford, the adult film star known as Stormy Daniels who said she had sexual relations with Trump. »
November 2016
Nov.2
Fake
Twitter post: “#VoterFraud by counting tens of thousands of ineligible mail in Hillary votes being reported in Broward County, Florida.”
Nov.3
An
ad by Russian operatives encouraging people to vote for Jill Stein is added on Instagram.
Nov.5
The
Russian social media executive emails Scavino, Trump Jr. and Trump’s assistant again to follow up on setting up a page for the Trump campaign.
Nov.6
WikiLeaks
releases a new trove of emails stolen from the D.N.C. »
On July 13, 2018, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election issued an indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign.
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