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This is a timeline of major events in the first half of 2017 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. Following the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections before and after July 2016 up until election day November 8 and the post-election transition,this article begins with Donald Trump and Mike Pence being sworn into office on January 20,2017,and is followed by the second half of 2017. The investigations continued in the first and second halves of 2018,the first and second halves of 2019,2020,and 2021.
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.
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This is a timeline of major events in second half of 2018 related to the investigations into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials that are suspected of being inappropriate,relating to the 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,and the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,and the first half of 2018,but precedes that of 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.
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This is a timeline of major events in second half of 2017 related to the investigations into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials that are suspected of being inappropriate,relating to the 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 post-election transition,and the first half of 2017. The investigations continued in the first and second halves of 2018,the first and second halves of 2019,2020,and 2021.
This is a timeline of events from 2020 to 2022 related to investigations into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials that are suspected of being inappropriate,relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,both before and after July 2016,until November 8,2016,election day,the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and the first and second halves of 2019.
The United States Department of Justice under the Trump administration acquired by a February 2018 subpoena the Apple iCloud metadata of two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee,several others associated with the committee,and some of their family members. The subpoena covered 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses since the inception of the accounts. Seizing communications information of members of Congress is extraordinarily rare. The department also subpoenaed and obtained 2017 and 2018 phone log and email metadata from news reporters for CNN,The Washington Post and The New York Times. Apple also received and complied with February 2018 subpoenas for the iCloud accounts of White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife. Microsoft received a subpoena relating to a personal email account of a congressional staff member in 2017.
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This is a timeline of major events in second half of 2019 related to the investigations into the myriad links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies that are suspected of being inappropriate,relating to the 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,and the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and the first half of 2019,but precedes that of 2020 and 2021.
The Mueller special counsel investigation was started by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein,who was serving as Acting Attorney General due to the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He authorized Robert Mueller to investigate and prosecute "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump",as well as "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation" and any other matters within the scope of 28 CFR 600.4 –Jurisdiction.
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- ↑ "Key Additions to the Office of the White House Counsel". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
- 1 2 "Ann Donaldson: 5 Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. 13 November 2017.
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- 1 2 Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju (21 May 2019). "House panel issues subpoenas for Hope Hicks, Annie Donaldson". CNN.
- ↑ Pamela Brown, Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju (4 June 2019). "First on CNN: White House directs Hope Hicks, Annie Donaldson to withhold White House documents from House committee". CNN.