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** Manafort transfers to federal prison.<ref>https://wnep.com/2019/04/23/manafort-transferred-to-federal-prison-in-wayne-county</ref>
** Manafort transfers to federal prison.<ref>https://wnep.com/2019/04/23/manafort-transferred-to-federal-prison-in-wayne-county</ref>
** Lawyers for [[Giorgi Rtskhiladze]] send a letter to Barr demanding a correction to a footnote in the Mueller report (Volume II, pp. 27–28, footnote 112)<ref name="MULLER-REPORT-VOL-II">{{Cite web |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Report_On_The_Investigation_Into_Russian_Interference_In_The_2016_Presidential_Election.pdf|title=Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election Volume II |last=Muller III |first=Robert S. |authorlink=Robert Mueller |date=March 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> that selectively quotes from a text message exchange between Rtskhiladze and Cohen about compromising tapes of Trump from his [[Miss Universe 2013|2013 visit to Moscow]]. The letter provides a screenshot of the text messages in context.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-24/rtskhiladze-cohen-trump-russia-tapes |title=Georgian Businessman Offers More Texts With Cohen to Rebut Mueller Footnote |last=Baker |first=Stephanie |last2=Bedwell |first2=Helena |date=April 24, 2019 |website=[[Bloomberg LP]] |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
** Lawyers for [[Giorgi Rtskhiladze]] send a letter to Barr demanding a correction to a footnote in the Mueller report (Volume II, pp. 27–28, footnote 112)<ref name="MULLER-REPORT-VOL-II">{{Cite web |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Report_On_The_Investigation_Into_Russian_Interference_In_The_2016_Presidential_Election.pdf|title=Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election Volume II |last=Muller III |first=Robert S. |authorlink=Robert Mueller |date=March 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> that selectively quotes from a text message exchange between Rtskhiladze and Cohen about compromising tapes of Trump from his [[Miss Universe 2013|2013 visit to Moscow]]. The letter provides a screenshot of the text messages in context.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-24/rtskhiladze-cohen-trump-russia-tapes |title=Georgian Businessman Offers More Texts With Cohen to Rebut Mueller Footnote |last=Baker |first=Stephanie |last2=Bedwell |first2=Helena |date=April 24, 2019 |website=[[Bloomberg LP]] |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
* '''April 24''': Facebook discloses in a quarterly earnings report that it set aside $3 billion to cover legal expenses related to Cambridge Analytica, and that it expects a $3–$5 billion fine from the [[Federal Trade Commission|FTC]] for its actions involving the firm, though no settlement has been reached.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook expects $3B-$5B fine over Cambridge Analytica |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/440514-facebook-says-it-expects-3b-5b-fine-over-cambridge-analytica-scandal |last=Neidig |first=Harper |date=April 24, 2019 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref>
* '''April 25''': The [[Privacy Commissioner of Canada]] and the [[Canadian privacy law#Provinces|Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia]] release a [https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-and-decisions/investigations/investigations-into-businesses/2019/pipeda-2019-002/ joint report] on the findings of their investigation into Facebook's interactions with Cambridge Analytica and the resulting abuses of user privacy. They conclude that Facebook broke [[Canadian privacy law|Canadian privacy laws]] and has been uncooperative in finding solutions that would prevent future violations despite the company's public statements to the contrary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/440625-canada-accuses-facebook-of-breaking-privacy-laws |title=Canada accuses Facebook of breaking privacy laws |last=Neidig |first=Harper |date=April 25, 2019 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
* '''April 26''': Butina is scheduled to be sentenced.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/maria-butina-russian-who-conspired-to-infiltrate-nra-to-be-sentenced-april-26/2019/03/28/8d8095f8-50dc-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html |title=Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate NRA, to be sentenced April 26 |last=Hsu |first=Spencer S. |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |date=March 28, 2019 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707633211/russian-agent-maria-butina-to-be-sentenced-april-26</ref>
* '''April 26''': Butina is scheduled to be sentenced.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/maria-butina-russian-who-conspired-to-infiltrate-nra-to-be-sentenced-april-26/2019/03/28/8d8095f8-50dc-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html |title=Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate NRA, to be sentenced April 26 |last=Hsu |first=Spencer S. |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |date=March 28, 2019 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707633211/russian-agent-maria-butina-to-be-sentenced-april-26</ref>


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This is a timeline of events in 2019 related to investigations into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials that are suspected of being inappropriate. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and the timelines of investigations in 2017 and 2018.

Relevant individuals and organizations

This section is transcluded from Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. (edit | history)

This is a list of individuals and organizations that have been involved in the events related to either the election interference that Russia conducted against the 2016 U.S. elections and/or the resulting investigations into suspected inappropriate links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials. Seth Abramson estimated more than 400 people could be listed here.[1]: 3 

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2019

January

  • January 4: District Judge Beryl A. Howell extends the term of Mueller's grand jury in Washington, D.C., for an unknown amount of time. The grand jury's term was due to expire on January 5.[13]
  • January 7: D.C. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich strongly rebukes the attorneys for Concord Management and Consulting for repeatedly making personal attacks on Mueller's team. The rebuke was triggered by a January 4 filing that questions the trustworthiness of Mueller's office. Friedrich called Concord's recent filings "unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective," and said their "relentless personal attacks" would not affect her decision.[14]
D.C. District Court of Appeals decision against a "Corporation" from "Country A"
  • January 8:
    • The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) indicts Natalia Veselnitskaya, known for her participation in the meeting in the Trump Tower with top campaign officials on June 9, 2016, for obstruction of justice in an unrelated case.[15] The prosecution alleges that while defending Russian investment company Prevezon Holdings in a New York court, she helped Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika fabricate evidence supporting Prevezon's defense.[16]
    • Paul Manafort's attorneys file response to Mueller's accusations of malfeasance to the DC judge.[17] Portions of the filing that were meant to be redacted are still readable because of incorrectly applied formatting in the document. The redacted portions reveal that prosecutors accused Manafort of lying because he denied and then admitted when prompted that he met with Kilimnik in Madrid, discussed a proposed Ukrainian peace plan with Kilimnik on several occasions, and shared polling data with Kilimnik while working for the Trump campaign.[18]
    • The New York Times reports that while Manafort worked for the Trump campaign he provided Kilimnik with internal polling data for Kilimnik to pass on to Ukrainian oligarchs Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov, both of whom Manafort previously did work for in Ukraine.[19]
    • The Supreme Court removes without comment a temporary stay in the legal battle by a "Corporation" from "Country A" fighting a grand jury subpoena. The stay had paused the accrual of fines by the company while it appealed the District Court of Appeals decision from December 18, 2018. This is believed to be the first U.S. Supreme Court decision related to the Mueller investigation.[20]
    • The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (D.C. Cir.) issues its full opinion in the appeal by a "Corporation" from "Country A" against a grand jury subpoena. The judges write, "[the company] failed to satisfy its burden of showing that Country A's law would prohibit complying with the subpoena, we agree with the district court that enforcing the subpoena is neither unreasonable nor oppressive." The company immediately appeals the decision to the Supreme Court.[20]
  • January 10: The first Russia-related hearing of the newly Democratic majority House takes place: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies in a closed-door hearing on the Treasury Department's decision to ease sanctions on companies aligned with Oleg Deripaska.[21] After the hearing, Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls it "one of the worst classified briefings we’ve received from the Trump administration." She says they spent "most of the time reading an unclassified document." Other Democrats echoed Pelosi.[22]
  • January 11:
    • Mother Jones reports that the NRA appears to have coordinated ad buys with Republican candidates in at least three U.S. Senate races. Like the scheme reportedly used by the NRA and the Trump campaign, National Media Research, Planning and Placement (NMRPP) CFO Jon Ferrell placed scores of ad buys on behalf of the three senate campaigns and the NRA to air ads within minutes of each other on the same local television stations. The three senate campaigns were Senator Richard Burr's 2016 reelection campaign in North Carolina, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley's successful 2018 campaign to unseat Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, and the unsuccessful 2018 campaign by Montana state auditor Matt Rosendale to unseat Montana Senator Jon Tester.[23]
    • The New York Times reports that the FBI opened counterintelligence and criminal investigations against Trump a few days after he fired Comey in May 2017. They were alarmed by Trump's actions and concerned that he may have been working for Russia against American interests. The investigations were eventually combined and taken over by Mueller.[24]
    • Giuliani tells The Hill that Trump's legal team should be allowed to make corrections to Mueller's final report before it is seen by Congress or the public.[25]
Trump states on January 14, 2019, "I never worked for Russia and you know that answer better than anybody. I never worked for Russia. Not only did I never work for Russia I think it's a disgrace that you even asked that question."
  • January 12: The Washington Post reports that Trump ordered his translator for the second Putin meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7, 2017, to hand over their notes and not discuss the meeting. The Hamburg meeting was one of five Trump-Putin interactions where no detailed records exist.[26]
  • January 14:
    • The New York Times reports on the unusually large expenses claimed by the Trump inauguration fund.[27]
    • The Daily Beast reports that Mueller's office and the SDNY are investigating a breakfast meeting involving Flynn, Nunes, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and 50–60 other foreign officials at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2017. This line of inquiry is part of their investigations into the Trump inauguration fund.[28][29]
FBI special agent Jeffrey Weiland's statement on Manafort's breach of his plea agreement.
  • January 15:
    • Mueller's team requests a delay in Richard Gates' sentencing because he is still helping with their investigations.[30]
    • Mueller's team files FBI special agent Jeffrey Weyland's partially redacted statement detailing the ways in which they believe Manafort lied to them, including about his contacts with Trump administration officials and his work to help people get positions in the administration. 157 pages of mostly redacted exhibits are included in the filing. They allege Manafort made contradictory statements to the Mueller team on several occasions as well as to the grand jury contradicting himself, other witnesses, and documents.[31]
    • William Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to become the next Attorney General. Barr refuses to commit to recusing himself from the Mueller investigation or release Mueller's eventual report. He also states that he would not fire Mueller if asked to do so by Trump without good cause. Barr circulated a memo among Trump administration members in 2018 in which he criticized the Mueller investigation.[32]
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom settlement agreement
  • January 17:
    • The Justice Department announces that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom agreed to pay the U.S. government $4.6 million and retroactively register as a foreign agent for the work they performed for Manafort and the Ukrainian government. $4.6 million is the amount of money Skadden received from the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice and Manafort's offshore bank accounts. In the settlement agreement, which details the actions taken by Skadden on the behalf of Manafort and Ukraine, attorney and former White House counsel Gregory B. Craig is referred to as "Partner-1".[33]
    • BuzzFeed News reports that Cohen gave Trump, Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump regular and "very detailed" updates about the Trump Tower Moscow project during the 2016 campaign, including that he was discussing the project with Russian government officials. They also report that Cohen told Mueller's team that Trump directed him to lie to Congress about the project.[34]
  • January 18: Mueller spokesman Peter Carr refutes some of the information in the January 17 BuzzFeed News article that claimed Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress. He says, "BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the special counsel’s office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Cohen’s congressional testimony are not accurate." BuzzFeed top editor Ben Smith responds, "We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he’s disputing."[35]
  • January 22: The Supreme Court granted a motion from the "Corporation" from "Country A" to file its appeal under seal in its case challenging a subpoena from Mueller's grand jury. A redacted version of the petition will be made public.[36]
  • January 23: Cohen delays his Congressional testimony, citing threats to his family.[37] Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Cohen to testify in closed session on February 12.[38]
  • January 28:
    • Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announces that the Special Counsel investigation is "close to being completed".[41]
    • Stone pleads not guilty in DC courtroom.
Roger Stone indictment for one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering
  • January 30: As part of the prosecution of Concord Management and Consulting, a court filing states that Russians leaked confidential evidence collected by the Mueller investigation.[43]

February

  • February 1: Stone appears in court. The judge warns she may impose a gag order.[44] A court filing by Mueller's prosecutors reveals that the FBI seized "voluminous and complex" evidence from Stone's home in Florida, containing emails and financial records.[45]
  • February 4:
  • February 5:
    • Thomas J. Barrack Jr., chairman of Trump's inaugural committee, confirms to the Associated Press that he was interviewed by the Mueller team in 2017, but says he was not a target of the investigation.[50]
    • The Democratic-controlled House Intelligence Committee votes to refer dozens of witness testimony transcripts and thousands of other documents to Mueller's office. Committee Republicans had blocked Democrat efforts to release the documents to Mueller's office when Republicans controlled the Committee in 2018.[51]
  • February 8: The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, focusing primarily on the Mueller probe and his relation to it.[52][53]
  • February 11: Cohen's testimony under subpoena before a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee is postponed a third time, at Cohen's request, to an unspecified date.[54]
  • February 13:
    • Judge rules that Manafort 'intentionally' lied to the FBI, special counsel and grand jury, negating his plea agreement, including his contacts with his Russian associate during the campaign and later.[55]
    • CNN reports Tyler McGaughey, the husband of William Barr's youngest daughter, was hired by White House Counsel's office, whose work intersects with the Russia investigation. Walter Shaub, the former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, said McGaughey's beeline for the White House was "concerning."[56][57]
    • Date for the trial of Michael Flynn's business partner Bijan Kian, the second of a Meuller derived case, is set for July 15. [58]
  • February 15:
    • U.S. District Judge Amy Berman imposes a limited restriction on the kind of public statement Roger Stone can make about his court proceedings in order to ensure a fair trial and "to maintain the dignity and seriousness of the courthouse and these proceedings." Stone, his lawyers, and his witnesses are banned from making public statements as they enter or exit the courthouse.[59]
    • Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirms to the press that she is "happy to voluntarily" sit for an interview with Mueller's investigators and says that the President urged her to "fully cooperate."[60]
    • The New Jersey Attorney General subpoenas the Trump inaugural committee for records relating to fundraising events and "solicitations" conducted in New Jersey, copies of ledgers, tax forms, contracts and "all documents related to any benefits provided to donors."[61]
  • February 17: The Guardian reports that Brittany Kaiser, former business development director of SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, was subpoenaed by Robert Mueller. Her spokesman said she was cooperating fully with his investigation. She is the first person with links to both Brexit and the Trump campaign known to have been questioned by Mueller.[62]
  • February 20:
    • Judge William Pauley grants Cohen's request to postpone his prison surrender date from March 6 to May 6 so he can further recover from recent shoulder surgery.[63]
    • Cohen agrees to testify before open session of House Oversight Committee on February 27.[64]
  • February 21: Senate Intelligence Committee reportedly pursuing David Geovanis for questioning.[65]
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Mueller was legally appointed
  • February 26:
    • Cohen testifies in closed session before the Senate Intelligence Committee.[66]
    • A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Mueller was legally appointed. The judges let stand a July 31, 2018, lower court ruling ordering Andrew Miller, a former aide to Roger Stone, to obey a grand jury subpoena from Mueller. The case was brought by Miller in an attempt to avoid testifying before Mueller's grand jury.[67][68]
  • February 27: Cohen testifies before open session of House Oversight Committee.[69]
  • February 28:
    • Cohen testifies in closed session before the House Intelligence Committee.[70]
    • House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings states his intention to interview Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg. House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff states he will call Weisselberg to testify.[71]
    • In the Concord Management case, Mueller's team argues that over three million documents should not be exported to Russia under discovery rules.[72]

March

  • March 6: Cohen gives additional testimony before House Intelligence Committee.[71]
  • March 7: Manafort is sentenced by Judge T. S. Ellis III to 47 months in prison in Virginia for tax evasion and bank fraud,[73] "far lighter than the 19- to 24-year prison term recommended under sentencing guidelines".[74]
  • March 12: Mueller prosecutors and Mike Flynn jointly requested and received a 90-day extension for his sentencing, originally scheduled for March 18, stating that his cooperation with the Mueller investigation was complete but he may cooperate further in the prosecution of his former business partner, Bijan Kian, scheduled to begin in July.[75]
  • March 13:
    • Manafort is sentenced in DC District Court to 73 months in prison, thirty of which to be served concurrently with his previous sentence. His total prison sentence is 7.5 years, to date.[76]
    • Minutes after his sentencing, New York State announced that Manafort had been charged with 16 state felonies, including residential mortgage fraud.[77]
  • March 18: Propublica reports federal authorities raided Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy's office in July 2018, seeking materials related to foreign officials dealings with Trump administration associates, including Gates and Nader, regarding conspiracy, money laundering, and crimes associated with illegal lobbying on behalf of foreign officials.[78][79]
Michael Cohen search warrants
  • March 19: The Michael Cohen search warrants are unsealed by a federal judge in New York.[80]
Letter from U.S. Attorney General William Barr announcing his receipt of the Mueller report
Letter from Attorney General William P. Barr on March 24, 2019, to leaders of the House and Senate judiciary committees with the summary of the investigation.
  • March 24: Attorney General William Barr releases a four-page letter to Congress highlighting the key findings by the Special Counsel's final report. Barr stated that there is not sufficient evidence that Trump obstructed justice or colluded with Russia, but did not exonerate him on obstruction.[84][85]
  • March 25:
    • House Intelligence Committee testimony from former Trump business associate Felix Sater, who worked with Cohen on Trump Tower Moscow project, previously scheduled for March 27, is postponed to undetermined date.[86]
    • The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by the unidentified company fighting a Mueller grand jury subpoena. Mueller has transferred the case to the Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney's office.[87]
  • March 27:
    • Assistant U.S. attorney David Goodhand tells Judge Howell that Mueller's grand jury is still active and is "continuing robustly." He made the declaration in a hearing on the unidentified foreign government-owned company's fight against a grand jury subpoena.[88]
    • In a joint letter, the House intelligence committee demands that Mueller "must" brief them and provide "all materials, regardless of form and classification, obtained or produced".[89][90][91]
    • Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduces H.Res.257, authorizing an impeachment investigation. It is referred to the House Rules Committee.[92]
  • March 28:
    • U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan sets Butina's sentencing hearing for April 26 after Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson tells the court that prosecutors are ready.[93]
    • Jared Kushner meets with the Senate Intelligence Committee.[94][95]
Letter from Attorney General William P. Barr on March 29 to the chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
  • March 29:
    • EPIC files a motion requesting a preliminary injunction that would force the Justice Department to expedite EPIC's FOIA request for the Mueller Report. The judge schedules a hearing for April 9.[96]
    • Barr sends a letter to Senator Graham and Congressman Nadler informing them that he expects the redacted form of the Mueller report will be given to Congress in mid-April at the latest. He also clarifies that his March 24 letter provided a summary of the nearly 400-page report's "principal conclusions" and was not intended to be a summary of the entire report. He also states that there are no plans for the White House to review the report before it is delivered to Congress.[97]

April

Court order keeping name of company secret while grand jury is active
  • April 1: Judge Howell rejects a request from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to unseal the name of the company fighting a Mueller grand jury subpoena, but agrees to let them see edited versions of briefs and pleadings in the court battle. She also leaves open the possibility of unsealing the name when the grand jury is finished with their investigation.[98]
  • April 2: EPIC announces that the Justice Department agreed to expedite its FOIA request for the Mueller report after the group filed suit in federal court on March 22 and requested expedited service on March 29.[99][96]
  • April 3:
    • The House Judiciary Committee votes 24–17 to authorize committee chairman Nadler to issue subpoenas for the unredacted version of the Mueller report and any exhibits, underlying evidence, or other materials prepared for the investigation.[100]
    • The House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal formally requests copies of Trump's personal and business tax returns covering 2013 to 2018 from the IRS, and sets April 10 as the deadline for the response. By law, the committee has the authority to see anyone's confidential tax returns.[101][102]
    • The New York Times reports that some of Mueller's investigators expressed concerns that attorney general Barr is downplaying the findings of their report.[103]
  • April 5:
    • Trump attorney William S. Consovoy sends a letter to Treasury Department general counsel Brent J. McIntosh that calls Neal's request for Trump's tax returns a "gross abuse of power" and urges the department to wait for a legal opinion from the Justice Department before turning over any of Trump's tax information.[104]
    • A Justice Department court filing in response to EPIC's March 29 expedited FOIA request for the Mueller report states that the department is processing 415 requests regarding the Mueller investigation, and that 198 of the requests came after Barr's March 22 announcement that the investigation was over.[105]
    • A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules in a split decision that grand jury materials can only be disclosed to prosecutors, defendants, and other grand juries as mandated by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and to the House of Representatives as authorized by a 1974 ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica. Sirica's ruling said that a House oversight investigation "in this setting acts simply as another grand jury." While the Appeals Court ruling is in a case unrelated to the Mueller investigation, its decision is expected to affect any legal actions the House may undertake to acquire the Mueller report and any supporting grand jury material.[106]
  • April 8:
    • Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., file their sentencing recommendations for Patten in federal court in advance of his April 12 sentencing hearing. They say that Patten committed to being a witness against Manafort in his second trial, which was cancelled when Manafort pleaded guilty, and met with prosecutors several times to explain documents and answer questions. They cite his "substantial assistance" as the basis for recommending a lenient sentence. In a separate filing, Patten's lawyers ask for a sentence of probation and insist he did not know Kilimnik was connected to Russian intelligence even though they owned a company together. Kilimnik is identified as "Person A" in the prosecutor's filings and named directly in Patten's filings.[107][108]
    • The FBI reveals in a court filing that Comey was a witness in the Mueller investigation and that his memos on his meetings with Trump were of interest in the investigation. The filing was part of a court case brought by CNN about a FOIA request for Comey's memos.[109]
    • Nunes files a $150 million lawsuit against The McClatchy Company, owner of the Fresno Bee, in Virginia state court in which he claims that a McClatchy reporter conspired with a political operative to interfere with the House Intelligence Committee's investigations of the Clinton campaign and Russian election interference.[110][111][112]
  • April 9:
    • In a hearing that begins half an hour before Barr testifies before Congress, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton denies EPIC's March 29 request for an injunction to expedite the release of the Mueller report.[105]
    • Barr appears before the House Appropriations Committee for a hearing on the Justice Department budget, and members ask him about the Mueller report. He says no one outside the Justice Department read his March 24 letter about the Mueller report before it was sent to Congress, but then later clarifies that the White House was told about the letter when it was sent, and the letter may have been read to them over the phone. He also says that Mueller and his team declined an opportunity to review the letter before it was sent. He declined to answer when asked if he consulted the White House before releasing the letter, saying, "I've said what I'm going to say about the report today." He tells the committee that he expects to send the redacted report to the House Judiciary Committee within a week with color coded redactions so that people can tell what kind of material was redacted, but refuses to give Congress the full unredacted report and says it is up to Congress to ask a court for the grand jury material.[113][114]
    • U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells two congressional committees that White House lawyers had an "informational" discussion with Treasury department lawyers about a potential request for Trump's tax returns before Congress formally requested them. He tells the committees that he thinks such discussions are appropriate, but emphasizes that he will not take direction from Trump on whether or not to release the tax returns to Congress. He says, "We would not ever ask for the White House’s permission on this, nor did they give us permission."[115]
  • April 10:
    • Mnuchin sends a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee in which he states that the Treasury Department will miss the Committee's April 10 deadline for receiving Trump's tax returns because he is going to consult with the Justice Department about the legality of their April 3 request. He writes, "The Committee’s request raises serious issues concerning the constitutional scope of congressional investigative authority, the legitimacy of the asserted legislative purpose, and the constitutional rights of American citizens."[116]
    • Barr tells the Senate Appropriations Committee that Mueller did not ask him or Congress to determine whether Trump obstructed justice. He tells the committee, "I don't know whether Bob Mueller supported my conclusion." He again states that he expected to release the Mueller report within a week. He also tells the committee that the government spied on the Trump campaign, but then later says, "I am not saying that improper surveillance occurred. I'm saying that I'm concerned about it and looking into it, that's all."[117]
    • The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Attorney's office for SDNY interviewed Hope Hicks and Keith Schiller after learning about phone calls they each had with David Pecker shortly after American Media's payment to Karen McDougal was revealed in November 2016. The Journal also reports that SDNY investigators have a recording of a phone call between Michael Cohen and McDougal's lawyer, Keith Davidson.[118][119]
    • Republican Representative Matt Gaetz introduces a bill that would remove Schiff from his position as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and strip him of his security clearance. The move comes amid increasing partisan attacks on Schiff by Republican lawmakers and the President.[120]
Gregory Craig indictment
  • April 11: Former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig is indicted for lying to the Justice Department’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit.[121][122] He is accused of lying about the work he and his former law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, did for Manafort and the Ukrainian government.[121][122] The investigation of Craig was started by Mueller's team, then moved to SDNY, and was finally moved to the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Columbia.[121][122] According to the indictment, Craig and other members of the law firm discussed FARA registration in February 2012, told the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in August 2012 that their work would not require FARA registration, received subsequent legal advice that the firm needed to register their work under FARA, and then altered and backdated documents to hide the nature of their work and avoid registration.[121] Craig is not charged for failing to register under FARA because the statute of limitations has expired.[122]
  • April 12:
    • Patten is sentenced to three years of probation, 500 hours of community service, and fined $5,000 by Judge Jackson. The judge notes Patten's assistance to prosecutors, acceptance of blame, and that he didn't try to enrich himself as reasons for the lenient sentence. She says his cooperation is the main reason he avoided prison time for lying to Congress.[123]
    • The Washington Post reports that researchers at Clemson University found the IRA sent thousands of tweets during the 2016 election campaign in an attempt to drive Bernie Sanders supporters away from Hillary Clinton and towards Donald Trump.[124]
    • Craig appears in federal court in Washington, D.C., and pleads not guilty after being indicted the day before.[125] He is released on personal recognizance.[126]
    • Andrew Miller's lawyers file a petition with the D.C. Court of Appeals asking the court to compel prosecutors to declare whether they are still pursuing grand jury testimony from Miller and, if they are, to accept an appeal to the full court of the court's three-judge ruling against Miller in February. They argue that the case is moot since Stone has been indicted and "Mueller's authority expired."[127]
Letter from Richard Neal to Charles Rettig demanding Trump's tax returns by April 23
Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (2019) — initial release with redactions by Barr
  • April 18:
  • April 19:
    • Nadler issues a subpoena demanding delivery of the full version of the Mueller report to the House Judiciary Committee by May 1.[137]
    • Politico reports that the 2020 Trump Campaign fired Jones Day, Don McGahn's law firm, at least partly in retaliation over McGahn's cooperation with Mueller. Their new lawyer is Nathan Groth, a former lawyer for Scott Walker and the Republican National Committee (RNC). The campaign claims it is a cost-savings move, and Jones Day declines to comment.[138]
  • April 22:
    • Nadler issues a subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn demanding that he provide the House Judiciary Committee with documents by May 7 and testify before the committee on May 21.[139]
    • The House Democratic leadership tells fellow House Democrats in a conference call that House committees will investigate Trump without holding impeachment hearings. The call follows a letter from Pelosi to fellow House Democrats in which she claims the House can hold Trump accountable without impeachment hearings.[140]
    • Trump sues Cummings in attempt to block the House Oversight Chairman's subpoena of longtime accounting firm for the Trump family and businesses, Mazars USA.[141][142]
Secretary Mnuchin's response to Chairman Neal regarding the production of Trump's tax returns
  • April 23:
    • Mnuchin sends Neal a letter expressing "some of the legal concerns" the administration has with his request for Trump's tax returns. He says a decision will not be made on producing the returns until the Treasury Department receives a legal opinion from the Justice Department on May 6. The letter, which reads like a legal brief, calls into question the legality of the request and says it is politically motivated. IRS Commissioner Rettig sends a separate letter to Neal in which he says Justice Department review is "beyond the scope of internal revenue laws," leaving him unsure of what to do. Earlier in the day, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley says the Trump administration will reject requests for Trump's returns because of Trump's claim he is under audit.[143] No law actually prevents tax returns from being released due to an audit, as emphasized by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.[144][145]
    • Former White House personnel security director Carl Kline skips a House Oversight Committee hearing on White House security procedures. He was instructed to do so by White House deputy counsel Michael M. Purpura in a letter that says the subpoena issued by the committee ordering Kline to testify "unconstitutionally encroaches on fundamental executive branch interests." Kline's attorney, Robert Driscoll, told the committee that Kline would follow the instructions of the branch of government that employs him. He is currently an employee of the Defense Department, which is part of the executive branch. Chairman Cummings announces that the committee will begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Kline.[146]
    • Manafort transfers to federal prison.[147]
    • Lawyers for Giorgi Rtskhiladze send a letter to Barr demanding a correction to a footnote in the Mueller report (Volume II, pp. 27–28, footnote 112)[148] that selectively quotes from a text message exchange between Rtskhiladze and Cohen about compromising tapes of Trump from his 2013 visit to Moscow. The letter provides a screenshot of the text messages in context.[149]
  • April 26: Butina is scheduled to be sentenced.[150][151]

May

  • May 6:
  • May 14:
    • Mueller investigation's sentencing memorandum for Rick Gates is due, after repeated postponements because Gates "continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations"[155]
    • Hearing is scheduled for Trump's bid to block Congress' demand on his financial records from Mazars USA.[156][157]

June

  • June 10: Due date for Michael Flynn's sentencing memorandum.[158]

July

  • July 15: General Flynn's business partner, Bijan Kian, goes on trial on charges derived from the Mueller probe.[159]

November

  • November 5: Scheduled date for the trial of Roger Stone.[160]

See also

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