Paul Manafort was the head of the campaign. 1/10
Trump’s election campaign chairman Paul Manafort is indicted for money laundering, bank fraud, filing false tax returns and conspiracy against the U.S. 2/10
Donald Trump was told. In the weeks after Donald Trump became the Republican nominee on July 19, 2016, Donald Trump was warned that foreign adversaries, including Russia, would try to spy on and infiltrate his campaign. 3/10
The warning came in the form of a high-level counterintelligence briefing by senior FBI officials.
A similar briefing was given to Hillary Clinton. Such briefings are commonly provided to presidential nominees. 4/10
A similar briefing was given to Hillary Clinton. Such briefings are commonly provided to presidential nominees. 4/10
Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy against the United States and lying to investigators. 5/10
Trump’s former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty last fall to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with Russia. 6/10
Alex Van der Zwaan, the Dutch son-in-law of one of Russia’s richest oligarchs, pleaded guilty in February to lying about contacts with an official in the Trump election campaign. 7/10
Thirteen Russians and three Russian entities were indicted in February, accused of tampering in the 2016 election to support Trump. 8/10
Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in December to lying to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents about his contacts with Russia. 9/10
In short, the FBI investigation uncovered a Russian effort to infiltrate the Trump campaign. So why is Donald Trump more upset about the investigation than he is about the Russian infiltration? 10/10
